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Women in American history

Chapter 34: INDEX
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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.

INDEX

  • Barton, Clara:
  • nurse at eleven, 190-1;
  • success as teacher, 191-3;
  • cares for first wounded soldiers in Civil War, 193;
  • distributes supplies, 194;
  • receives permission to go to front, 195-6;
  • war record, 196-201;
  • appointed to search for missing, 201-2;
  • serves under Red Cross in Franco-Prussian War, 203-4;
  • starts Red Cross in America, 204;
  • its president for twenty-two years, 204;
  • service in disasters, 205;
  • honors paid her, 205-6.
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic, 159-63.
  • Beecher, Henry Ward, 132, 136, 144.
  • Bishop (Washington’s body-servant), 56-8, 67.
  • Burr, Aaron, 45, 104-5.
  • Chaboneau, Toussaint, 81-7, 91, 96-8.
  • Dale, Governor, 11, 12.
  • Declaration of Independence, 111, 120, 170.
  • Fritchie, Barbara:
  • saw four wars, 179-82;
  • marriage, 181;
  • her loyalty and faith when Civil War broke out, 182;
  • troops in Fredericksburg, 182-3;
  • different versions of flag story, 183-5;
  • Whittier’s poem, 186-8.
  • Fugitive slave law, 128-9, 138-40, 146.
  • Garrison, William Lloyd, 118, 122, 125, 131.
  • Hamilton, Alexander, 45, 63.
  • Harlem, battle of, 45-6.
  • Howe, General, 41, 43-6.
  • Howe, Julia Ward:
  • ancestry, 155;
  • carefully educated, 154;
  • a social favorite, 155;
  • marriage, 156-7;
  • longed to help in Civil War, 158;
  • how the Battle Hymn of the Republic was written, 159-60;
  • how Chaplain McCabe popularized it, 161-2.
  • Hutchinson, Anne:
  • voyage to America, 18-9;
  • popularity, 20-1;
  • her meetings for women, 21-3;
  • church and state, 22-4;
  • trial and banishment, 24-8;
  • massacred by Indians, 28.
  • Jackson, Stonewall, 183, 187.
  • Jamestown colony, 7-11, 16-7.
  • Johnson, Jemima:
  • Indians attack frontier settlement, 72-3;
  • imperative need of water, 74-5;
  • volunteers to bring it, 75-6;
  • scheme succeeds, 76-7;
  • attack repulsed, 77-8.
  • Jones, Paul, 36.
  • Lafayette, 53.
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition, 81-5, 89-96, 99.
  • Libby Prison, 161.
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 149, 162, 201-2.
  • Livermore, Mary A.:
  • first-hand experience with slavery, 165;
  • helped husband in church and editorial work, 165-6;
  • organized and systematized relief work of Northwest, 167-72;
  • Sanitary fairs, 172-4;
  • first public speech, 175-7.
  • McCabe, Chaplain, 161-2.
  • Madison, Dolly:
  • girlhood in Virginia and Philadelphia, 101-2;
  • marries John Todd, 103;
  • death of husband and baby, 103-4;
  • popularity, 104, 107;
  • marries Madison, 105-6;
  • mistress of White House for sixteen years, 107, 113;
  • British attack Washington, 108-11;
  • saves Stuart portrait of Washington and Declaration of
  • Independence, 110-1;
  • adventures in flight from city, 111-3;
  • homage paid her, 114.
  • Madison, James, 104-8, 112-4.
  • Martineau, Harriet, 121.
  • Mataoka, 1, 2, 6.
  • Monmouth, battle of, 50-2.
  • Morris, Robert, 33, 35.
  • Mott, Lucretia:
  • childhood at Nantucket, 115;
  • early interest in slavery, 117;
  • preaches in Quaker meeting-houses, 117-20, 126-7, 165;
  • member of anti-slavery societies, 120-1;
  • delegate to London convention, 121;
  • excluded from its meetings, 121-2;
  • abused and attacked, 123-7;
  • her part in Dangerfield trial, 128-9;
  • pioneer work for abolition, 130-1.
  • Mount Vernon, 59, 63, 66-8, 70, 71.
  • Murray, Mary Lindley:
  • delays Howe’s march across Manhattan Island, 43-5;
  • saves patriot army, 45-6.
  • Phillips, Wendell, 118, 121, 131.
  • Pitcher, Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays):
  • childhood on farm, 47;
  • accompanies husband to war, 48-50;
  • carries water for soldiers, 51;
  • takes husband’s place at cannon, 51-2;
  • honors given her, 52-4;
  • monument, 54.
  • Pocahontas:
  • saves John Smith, 4-6;
  • how she got her name, 1, 2, 6;
  • befriends Jamestown colony, 7;
  • taken prisoner, 8-10;
  • marries Rolfe, 11;
  • visits England, 12-5;
  • descendants, 16.
  • Powhatan, 2-6, 8-13.
  • Putnam, Israel, 41-6.
  • Red Cross, 202-6.
  • Rolfe, John, 11, 12, 15.
  • Ross, Betsy:
  • apprenticed, 30;
  • marriage, 30;
  • reputation as needlewoman, 31, 33;
  • widowed, 32;
  • five-pointed star, 35;
  • her flag adopted by Congress, 35-7.
  • Ross, Colonel George, 33.
  • Sacajawea (Bird-woman):
  • taken prisoner, 80-1;
  • marries Chaboneau, 81;
  • meets Lewis and Clark, 81-2;
  • engaged as interpreter, 82;
  • birth of son, 82;
  • heroine of expedition, 83-4;
  • saves papers and instruments, 84-5;
  • illness, 85-6;
  • escape from cloudburst, 86-7;
  • guides expedition, 88, 92-3;
  • meets friend and brother, 89-90;
  • persuades tribe to help white men, 90, 92;
  • bargaining with Indians, 91;
  • resourcefulness, 94;
  • rapid return trip, 95-6;
  • bids farewell to leaders, 96;
  • later years and death on Indian reservation, 98-9;
  • memorials, 99-100.
  • Sanitary Commission, 168-72.
  • Smith, John, 2-8, 14.
  • Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 122.
  • Stars and Stripes, 34-7.
  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher:
  • early interest in compositions, 133-4;
  • moves to Cincinnati, 134;
  • marries Professor Stowe, 135;
  • discussions over slavery, 135-7;
  • her own experiences with negroes, 136-7, 141-2;
  • writing, 135, 138;
  • excitement over fugitive slave bill, 138-9;
  • how Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written, 139-43;
  • its reception and results, 144-9;
  • translations, 145;
  • trip to England, 149-50;
  • helps change public sentiment in England during Civil War, 152.
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 139-50.
  • Valley Forge, 62, 64-6.
  • Washington, George, 32-5, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49-54, 56-71, 110-1, 180.
  • Washington, Martha:
  • education, 55;
  • first meeting with Washington, 56-7;
  • marriage, 57-8;
  • life at Mt. Vernon, 59, 67;
  • interest in public affairs, 60, 69-70;
  • patriotic sacrifices, 59, 63-4;
  • winters spent at headquarters, 61-6;
  • work for soldiers, 63-6;
  • at Valley Forge, 62, 64-6;
  • first lady of the land, 68-71.
  • Whittier, John G., 148, 186-8.
  • Williams, Roger, 23, 28.
  • Winthrop, John, 20, 24-7, 29.