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Mary Rosetta Parkman. Heroines of Service
Heroines of Service
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FOREWORD
ILLUSTRATIONS
PROPHET AND PIONEER: MARY LYON
HEROINES OF SERVICE. PROPHET AND PIONEER
"THE PRINCESS" OF WELLESLEY: ALICE FREEMAN PALMER
"THE PRINCESS" OF WELLESLEY
OUR LADY OF THE RED CROSS: CLARA BARTON
OUR LADY OF THE RED CROSS
A MAIDEN CRUSADER: FRANCES E. WILLARD
A MAIDEN CRUSADER
JULIA WARD HOWE: THE SINGER OF A NATION'S SONG
THE SINGER OF A NATION'S SONG
A CHAMPION OF "THE CAUSE": ANNA HOWARD SHAW
A CHAMPION OF "THE CAUSE"
THE MAKING OF A PATRIOT: MARY ANTIN
THE MAKING OF A PATRIOT
A CAMPFIRE INTERPRETER: ALICE C. FLETCHER
A CAMPFIRE INTERPRETER
THE "WHITE MOTHER" OF DARKEST AFRICA: MARY SLESSOR
THE "WHITE MOTHER" OF DARKEST AFRICA
THE HEROINE OF RADIUM: MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE
THE HEROINE OF RADIUM
THE HEART OF HULL-HOUSE: JANE ADDAMS
THE HEART OF HULL-HOUSE
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Mary Rosetta Parkman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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At this time all the schools for girls, like the Ashfield Academy and Mr. Emerson's seminary at Byfield, were entirely dependent upon the enterprise and ideals of individuals. There were no colleges with buildings and equipment, such as furnished dormitories, libraries, and laboratories, belonging to the work and the future. In the case of the most successful schools there was no guarantee that they would endure beyond the lifetime of those whose interest had called them into being.
Miss Lyon taught happily for several years, often buying books of reference and material for practical illustration out of her salary of five or six dollars a week. The chance for personal influence seemed the one essential. "Never mind the brick and mortar!" she cried. "Only let us have the living minds to work upon!"
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