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PREFACE

I. BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN

II. BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN THE MISSION FIELD

III. BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN WAR-TIME

IV. BRAVE DEEDS OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION

I

BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN

ALICE AYRES AND THE UNION STREET FIRE

GRACE BUSSELL AND THE WRECK OF THE GEORGETTE

CATHERINE VASSEUR, THE HEROINE OF NOYEN

MARY ROGERS AND THE WRECK OF THE STELLA

MADELEINE BLANCHET

HANNAH ROSBOTHAM AND THE CHILDREN OF SUTTON SCHOOL

II

BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN THE MISSION FIELD

JANE CHALMERS

ANNA HINDERER, AND THE GOSPEL IN THE YORUBA COUNTRY

ANN JUDSON, PIONEER WOMAN IN BURMA

SARAH JUDSON, PIONEER WOMAN IN BURMA

OLIVIA OGREN AND AN ESCAPE FROM BOXERS

EDITH NATHAN, MAY NATHAN AND MARY HEAYSMAN,

MARY RIGGS AND THE SIOUX RISING

III

BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN WAR-TIME

MARY SEACOLE, THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND

LAURA SECORD, A CANADIAN HEROINE

LADY BANKES AND THE SIEGE OF CORFE CASTLE.

LADY HARRIET ACLAND.

AIMÉE LADOINSKI AND THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

LADY SALE AND AN AFGHAN CAPTIVITY

ETHEL ST. CLAIR GRIMWOOD, AND THE ESCAPE FROM MANIPUR

THREE SOLDIERS' WIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA

IV.

BRAVE DEEDS OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION

ELIZABETH ZANE, A FRONTIER HEROINE

NELLIE AMOS, A FRIEND IN NEED

ANNA GURNEY, THE FRIEND OF THE SHIPWRECKED

GRIZEL HUME, THE DEVOTED DAUGHTER

LUCY HUTCHINSON, A BRAVE WIFE

LADY BAKER, AN EXPLORER'S COMPANION