Eleven portraits of women who served beyond their own homes: Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke, Alice Freeman Palmer of Wellesley, Clara Barton, Frances Willard, Julia Ward Howe, Anna Shaw, Mary Antin, Alice C. Fletcher, Mary Slessor of Calabar, Marie Curie and Jane Addams. Each sketch draws on the women’s own words, such as Shaw’s memory of men leaping from a threshing machine to enlist.
Inspiring short biographies for young readers and anyone curious about the pioneers of women’s public life. Download the free EPUB.