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iv pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 486 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 26 cm
Wife of the father of his country, Martha Washington -- The wife of Napoleon, Josephine -- The wife of Luther, Catherine Von Bora -- Consecrated talents, Hannah More -- The missionary heroine, Ann Hasseltine Judson -- The model queen, Isabella of Spain -- The enigma of history, Mary, Queen of Scots -- The female Howard, Elizabeth Fry -- An angel of mercy, Florence Nightingale -- Africa's benefactress, Mrs. Ann Wilkins -- The mother of reformers, Susannah Wesley -- The Greek matron, Penelope -- The Roman matron, Cornelia -- The Indian maiden, Pocahontas -- The poetess of the affections, Frances Sargent Osgood -- The songstress of liberty, Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- The martyr queen, Mario Antoinette -- The female Girondist, Madame Roland -- Light sown in darkness, Charlotte Bronte -- The missionary poet, Emily C. Judson -- Walking with God, Mrs. Mary Fletcher -- Exalted piety and noble rank, Lady Huntingdon -- Piety and royalty, Helena, Duchess of Orleans -- The martial heroine, The Maid of Saragossa -- Foundress of a school for the prophets, Mrs. Eliza Garrett -- The champion of freedom, Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The female sculptor, Harriet E. Hosmer -- The female painter, Rosa Bonheur -- A political authoress, Madame de Stael -- The patroness of letters, Queen Elizabeth -- A victim of crime, Beatrice Cenci -- The wife of a patriot, Abigail Adams.
edited by Prof. S.W. Williams, A.M. ; illustrated with elegant steel engravings.
Engravings signed variously, including: Guido Reni; W. Wellstood; Jalabert; J. Champagne; Opie; J.B. Wandesforde; S.S. Osgood; George Richmond; Dunbuffe; E. Corbould; G. Stuart; W. Wellstood; J.C. Buttre; G.R. Hall; W.G. Jackman; F. Halpin; S. Hollyer; F.E. Jones.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection.