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Women in American history

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The book presents concise biographical sketches of notable women from early colonial times through the nineteenth century, portraying their actions and contributions to American life. Each chapter profiles an individual, ranging from indigenous figures and colonial heroines to reformers, writers, and wartime caregivers, summarizing pivotal episodes, public roles, and personal virtues. The portraits emphasize courage, domestic and civic influence, and participation in political, social, and humanitarian causes, while offering episodic anecdotes, contemporary context, and a closing epilogue and bibliography that situate the sketches within broader historical currents.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER I

Eggleston—A First Book in American History, 23-41.

Holland—Historic Girlhoods, 92-106.

Jenks—Captain John Smith.

Seelye and Eggleston—Pocahontas.

Smith—The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith.

Sweetser—Ten American Girls from History, 1-35.

CHAPTER II

Bouvé—American Heroes and Heroines, 13-31.

Brooks—Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days, 1-29.

Eggleston—The Beginners of a Nation, 326-341.

Foster, ed.—Heroines of Modern Religion, 1-22.

Hart—American History Told by Contemporaries, I, 382-387.

CHAPTER III

Harrison—The Stars and Stripes, 60-64.

Horner—The American Flag.

Schauffler—Flag Day, 50-58 and 61-66.

Tappan—The Little Book of the Flag.

CHAPTER IV

Brooks—Century Book of the American Revolution, 87-89.

Hemstreet—The Story of Manhattan.

Ullmann—Landmark History of New York.

Wilson—New York Old and New.

CHAPTER V

Bouvé—American Heroes and Heroines, 120-128.

Brooks—Century Book of the American Revolution, 130-135.

Journal of American History, 5:84 (1911).

Stockton—Stories of New Jersey.

Sweetser—Ten American Girls from History, 71-85.

CHAPTER VI

Brooks—Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days, 133-167.

Herbert—The First American—His Homes and His Households.

Lossing—Mary and Martha Washington.

Wharton—Martha Washington.

CHAPTER VII

Brady—Border Fights and Fighters, 151-163.

Purcell—Stories of Old Kentucky.

CHAPTER VIII

Brooks—First across the Continent.

Dye—The Conquest.

Holland—Historic Adventures, 21-58.

Journal of American History, I:468 (1907).

Laut—Pathfinders of the West.

Lewis and Clark—Journals.

Schultz—Bird Woman (written by a man adopted by the Blackfeet Indians, from accounts given him by friends of Sacajawea).

CHAPTER IX

Bolton—Famous Leaders among Women, 123-158.

Bouvé—American Heroes and Heroines, 171-180.

Brooks—Dames and Daughters of the Young Republic, 1-42.

Holland—Historic Girlhoods, 203-216.

Madison—Memoirs and Letters.

Tappan—American Hero Stories, 224-230.

Todd—The Story of Washington.

CHAPTER X

Bolton—Girls Who Became Famous, 33-49.

Foster, ed.—Heroines of Modern Religion, 88-114.

Hallowell—James and Lucretia Mott—Life and Letters.

Morris—Heroes of Progress in America, 219-225.

CHAPTER XI

Adams and Foster—Heroines of Modern Progress, 89-119.

Bolton—Girls Who Became Famous, 1-17.

Crowe—Harriet Beecher Stowe: Biography for Girls.

Fields—Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Stowe—Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe (by her son).

Wright—Children’s Stories in American Literature, 188-202.

CHAPTER XII

Adams and Foster—Heroines of Modern Progress, 178-214.

Bolton—Famous Leaders among Women, 272-303.

Bristol—Life of Chaplain McCabe, 192-203.

Howe—Reminiscences.

Parkman—Heroines of Service, 117-147.

Richards and Elliott—Julia Ward Howe (by her daughters).

Wade—The Light Bringers, 142-171.

Wright—Children’s Stories in American Literature, book 2, 212-221.

CHAPTER XIII

Bolton—Girls Who Became Famous, 50-67.

Livermore—My Story of the War.

Livermore—The Story of My Life, chapter 28.

Our Famous Women, 386-414.

Whiting—Women Who Have Ennobled Life, 53-85.

CHAPTER XIV

Bookman, 13:418 (1901).

Pennsylvania German, 1906.

Southern Historical Society Papers, vol. 27.

CHAPTER XV

Adams and Foster—Heroines of Modern Progress, 149-177.

Barton—The Red Cross in Peace and War.

Bolton—Successful Women, 198-223.

Epler—Life of Clara Barton.

Parkman—Heroines of Service, 59-85.

Sweetser—Ten American Girls from History, 143-173.

Wade—The Light Bringers, 64-111.