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Queenly women, crowned and uncrowned /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Williams, S. W. (Editor), Wellstood, William, 1819-1900 (Engraver), Jackman, William G. (Engraver), Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 (Engraver), Hall, George R., 1818-1887 (Engraver), Halpin, Frederick W., 1805-1880 (Engraver), Hollyer, Samuel, 1826-1919 (Engraver), Jones, Fitz Edwin (Engraver), Reni, Guido, 1575-1642 (Illustrator), Osgood, Samuel Stillman, 1808-1885 (Illustrator), Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis : Cranston and Stowe, [1885]
Subjects:
Women > Biography.
Wives > Biography.
Femmes > Biographies.
Women.
steel engravings (visual works)
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.