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Kate Dickinson Sweetser. The Lives & Legacy of Extraordinary Women
The Lives & Legacy of Extraordinary Women
Table of Contents
SAINT CATHERINE. The Girl of Siena: 1347–1380
JOAN OF ARC. The Girl of Domremy: 1412–1431
VITTORIA COLONNA. The Girl of Ischia: 1490–1547
CATHERINE DE' MEDICI. The Girl of Mediæval Italy: 1519–1589
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. The Girl of the French Court: 1542–1587
POCAHONTAS. The Girl of the Virginia Woods: 1595–1617
PRISCILLA ALDEN. The Girl of Plymouth: About 1604—after 1680
CATHERINE THE GREAT. The Girl of Stettin: 1729–1796
FANNY BURNEY. The Girl of London: 1752–1840
ALCESTIS
ANTIGONE
IPHIGENIA
PAULA
CATHERINE DOUGLAS
The Tragedy of James I. of Scots. 20th February, 1437
LADY JANE GREY
FLORA MACDONALD
MADAME ROLAND
GRACE DARLING
SISTER DORA
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
SANTA FILOMENA
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DOROTHY QUINCY. THE GIRL OF COLONIAL DAYS WHO HEARD THE FIRST GUN FIRED FOR INDEPENDENCE
MOLLY PITCHER. THE BRAVE GUNNER OF THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH
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ELIZABETH VAN LEW. THE GIRL WHO RISKED ALL THAT SLAVERY MIGHT BE ABOLISHED AND THE UNION PRESERVED
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IDA LEWIS. THE GIRL WHO KEPT LIME ROCK BURNING; A HEROIC LIFE-SAVER
CLARA BARTON "THE ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELDS"
VIRGINIA REED. MIDNIGHT HEROINE OF THE PLAINS IN PIONEER DAYS OF AMERICA
LOUISA M. ALCOTT. AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN"
CLARA MORRIS. THE GIRL WHO WON FAME AS AN ACTRESS
ANNA DICKINSON. THE GIRL ORATOR
LUCRETIA
SAPPHO
ASPASIA OF PERICLES
XANTIPPE
ASPASIA OF CYRUS
CORNELIA, THE MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI
PORTIA
OCTAVIA
CLEOPATRA
MARIAMNE
JULIA DOMNA
ZENOBIA
VALERIA
EUDOCIA
HYPATIA
THE WIFE OF MAXIMUS
THE LADY ROWENA
OLGA
THE LADY ELFRIDA
THE COUNTESS OF TRIPOLI
JANE, COUNTESS OF MOUNTFORT
LAURA DE SADE
THE COUNTESS OF RICHMOND
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE
JANE SHORE
CATHARINE OF ARRAGON
ANNE BOLEYN
MARGARET ROPER
ELIZABETH LUCAS
GASPARA STAMPA
ANNE ASKEW
QUEEN ELIZABETH
TARQUINIA MOLZA
GABRIELLE D'ESTREES
ANNE, DUCHESS OF PEMBROKE
ESTHER INGLIS
MARGARET, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE
LADY PAKINGTON
NOOR MAHAL
LUCY HUTCHINSON
LADY FANSHAWE
DOROTHY OSBORNE
CATHERINE PHILIPS
MADAME DE MAINTENON
COUNTESS DE GRAMMONT
MADEMOISELLE DE LA VALLIERE
MADAME DACIER
LADY MASHAM
ANNE KILLIGREW
QUEEN ANNE
ESTHER JOHNSON
ESTHER VANHOMRIGH
MARY ASTELL
MADAME DES URSINS
LADY GRIZEL JERVISWOODE
MADAME DE PONTCHARTRAIN
ELIZABETH HALKETT
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
MADAME DU DEFFAND
PHŒBE BENTLEY
MARQUISE DU CHATELET
LADY HUNTINGDON
MARIA THERESA
META MOLLER
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL
LÆTITIA BARBAULD
HANNAH MORE
ANNA SEWARD
CATHERINE COCKBURN
ELIZABETH BERKELEIGH
CAROLINE HERSCHEL
MADAME D'ARBLAY
MARIE ANTOINETTE
SARAH SIDDONS
MRS GRANT
ELIZABETH INCHBALD
ELIZABETH HAMILTON
COUNTESS DE VEMIEIRO
JOANNA BAILLIE
JOSEPHINE
ANNE RADCLIFFE
MISS EDGEWORTH
CHARLOTTE CORDAY
MADAME DE STAEL
MADAME DE LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN
MADAME RECAMIER
MARY BRUNTON
FELICIA HEMANS
AUGUSTINA SARAGOZA
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
JANE ADDAMS. The Girl Who Became a Neighbor To the Needy
SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Who Worked for Sixty Years to Secure Rights for Women
CLARA BARTON. The Girl Who Unfurled The First American Red Cross Flag
AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH. The Girl Who Made Melodies
CECILIA BEAUX. Whose Paint Brush Has Brought Her Fame
EVANGELINE BOOTH. The Girl Who Lived The Meaning of Her Name
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. The Girl Who Loved Stories And Wrote Them
KATHARINE BEMENT DAVIS. The Girl Who Has Helped To Straighten Twisted Lives
GRACE HOADLEY DODGE. The Girl Who Worked For Working Girls
ALICE CUNNINGHAM FLETCHER. The Girl Who Befriended The Red Man
LOUISE HOMER. Who Believes That Hard Work Is The Secret of Her Success as a Singer
HARRIET GOODHUE HOSMER. The Girl Who Loved Art More Than Ease
JULIA WARD HOWE. Whose Battle Hymn Sang Itself Into the Hearts of a Nation
HELEN KELLER. The Deaf and Blind Girl Who Found Light and Happiness Through Knowledge
MARIA MITCHELL. The Girl Who Studied the Stars
ALICE FREEMAN PALMER. The Girl Who Guided College Girls
MAUD POWELL. The Girl Whose Violin Spread Afar The Message of Music
ELLEN H. RICHARDS. A Scientist Who Helped Home-Makers
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. The Girl Who Helped to Draft Woman’s Declaration of Independence
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. The Girl Whose Story of Slavery Aroused the Whole World
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. Who Put the Joy of Living Into Her Books
FRANCES E. WILLARD. The Girl Who Fought The Dragon, Drink
ELLA FLAGG YOUNG. Whose Slogan Was “Better Schools for Girls and Boys”
