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.