The New York Times Book Review called Paul Nagel's highly acclaimed Descent from Glory "magnificent;" The Christian Science Monitor proclaimed it "splendid." While that book focused on the men in the Adams family, many readers--and Nagel himself--felt that the story of the women represented the more compelling and stirring part of the Adams family saga. Now we have the book so many readers have urged Nagel to write: the full story of some of the most fascinating, important, and articulate women in American history. Nagel does not treat this volume as merely a sequel to the first book; he, instead, strives to do justice to an extraordinary group of individuals who happened to be women and whose personal stories and outlooks have historically played a subordinate role to the lives of the famous men who surrounded them.
