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Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent

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  • NOBLE DEEDS OF AMERICAN WOMEN;
  • WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
    • OF SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT.
      • EDITED BY
    • EDITED BY
    • J. CLEMENT.,
      • WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
    • WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
    • MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.
  • Editor's Preface.
  • CONTENTS.
  • INTRODUCTION.
  • THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON
  • THE WIFE OF WASHINGTON.
  • THE WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS.
  • ANN H. JUDSON.
  • A CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN THE HOUR OF DANGER.
  • HUMANITY OF HARTFORD LADIES.
  • "MOTHER BAILEY."
  • ELIZABETH HEARD.
  • THE LADIES OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1780.
  • THE WIFE OF PRESIDENT REED.[11]
  • COMPLETION OF BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
  • LYDIA DARRAH.
  • WIDOW STOREY.[14]
  • MRS. HENDEE.
  • PATRIOTIC WOMEN OF OLD MIDDLESEX.
  • THE CACIQUE'S NOBLE DAUGHTER.
  • HUMANE SPIRIT OF A FOREST MAID.
  • HANNAH DUSTIN.
  • THE HEROINES OF BRYANT'S STATION.
  • MRS. DAVIESS.
  • A KENTUCKY AMAZON.
  • HEROISM AT INNIS SETTLEMENT.
  • BOLD EXPLOIT AT TAMPICO.
  • DICEY LANGSTON.
  • REBECCA MOTTE.
  • ANOTHER SACRIFICE FOR FREEDOM.
  • A PATRIOTIC DONATION.
  • "THE LITTLE BLACK-EYED REBEL."
  • A BENEVOLENT QUAKERESS.[23]
  • A PIONEER IN SUNDAY SCHOOLS.[24]
  • THE WOMEN OF WYOMING.
  • MARY GOULD.
  • THE MOTHER OF PRESIDENT POLK.
  • TRIALS OF A PATRIOT.
  • INTREPIDITY OF MRS. ISRAEL.
  • AN INCIDENT IN MISSIONARY LIFE.
  • A KIND-HEARTED CHIPPEWA.
  • HUMANITY OF A CHEROKEE.
  • SELF-SACRIFICING SPIRIT OF THE MISSIONARY.
  • DARING EXPLOIT OF "TWO REBELS."
  • ELIZABETH MARTIN.
  • THE MOTHER'S EFFECTUAL PETITION.
  • NOTEWORTHY INTEGRITY.
  • A FAITHFUL MOTHER.
  • ANECDOTE OF MRS. SPAULDING OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.[32]
  • THE WIFE OF COLONEL THOMAS.
  • EXEMPLARY PIETY.
  • BOLD ADVENTURE OF A PATRIOTIC GIRL.
  • MRS. CALDWELL AND THE TORIES.
  • THE MOTHER OF RANDOLPH
  • CORNELIA BEEKMAN.
  • THE MOTHER OF WEST.
  • HEROIC ENDURANCE.
  • MATERNAL HEROISM
  • A MODERN DORCAS.
  • SARAH HOFFMAN.
  • HEROISM OF SCHOHARIE WOMEN.
  • A STERLING PATRIOT.
  • HEROIC CONDUCT AT MONMOUTH.
  • COURAGE OF A COUNTRY GIRL.
  • THE LEDYARDS AT FORT GRISWOLD
  • SENECA HEROINES.
  • MARTHA BRATTON.
  • A POOR WOMAN'S OFFERING.
  • THE MOTHER OF PRESIDENT JACKSON.
  • THE YOUNG HEROINE OF FORT HENRY.
  • A BENEVOLENT WIDOW
  • ANNE FITZHUGH.
  • ESTHER GASTON.
  • REMARKABLE PRESENCE OF MIND AND SELF-POSSESSION.
  • THE WIFE OF GOVERNOR GRISWOLD.
  • BOLD EXPLOIT OF A YOUNG GIRL.
  • SUSANNA WRIGHT.
  • PATRIOTISM OF 1770.
  • MRS. SPALDING OF GEORGIA.
  • COURAGEOUS ACT OF MRS. DILLARD.
  • PHOEBE PHILLIPS.
  • WORTHY EXAMPLE OF A POOR WIDOW.
  • ELIZABETH ESTAUGH.
  • KATE MOORE.
  • CAPTIVITY OF MRS. ROWLANDSON.
  • MRS. BOZARTH.
  • THE HEROINE OF STEEL CREEK
  • BENEVOLENCE OF A COLORED WOMAN.
  • REBECCA EDWARDS.
  • "THE BEAUTIFUL REBEL."
  • HARRIET B. STEWART.
  • A KIND AND BENEVOLENT WOMAN.
  • NOBLE EXAMPLE OF PIONEERS.
  • ANECDOTE OF MRS. SLOCUMB.
  • CAPTAIN RICHARDSON SAVED BY HIS WIFE.
  • STRIKING INSTANCE OF PATIENCE.
  • SUSANNAH ELLIOTT.
  • ANECDOTES OF ANNA ELLIOTT.
  • PATRIOTIC STRATAGEM.
  • INFLUENCE OF A FAITHFUL TEACHER.
  • THE WIFE OF THOMAS HEYWARD.
  • NOBLE DECISION.
  • A TENNESSEE HEROINE.
  • MAGNANIMITY OF MRS. M'KAY.
  • HEROIC CONDUCT OF A DAUGHTER.
  • HEROIC DECISION.
  • THE DAUGHTER OF AARON BURR.
  • FEMALE INTREPIDITY.
  • THE WIFE OF RICHARD SHUBRICK.
  • KEEN RETORT OF MRS. ASHE.
  • PHILANTHROPIC WIFE OF A DRUNKARD.
  • THE MOTHER OF DR. DWIGHT.
  • HAPPY RESULTS OF MATERNAL FIDELITY.
  • WONDERFUL ENDURANCE AND PERSEVERANCE OF MRS. SCOTT.
  • SUCCESS OF BOLDNESS.
  • MARY KNIGHT.
  • THE WIFE OF WILLIAM GRAY.
  • ANECDOTE OF MRS. HUNTINGTON.
  • HOSPITALITY OF MRS. BIDDLE.
  • KINDNESS OF SOME CONVICTS
  • MARGARET PRIOR.
  • NOBLE ACTS OF KINDNESS.
  • THE WIFE OF DR. RAMSAY.
  • COURAGE AND PRESENCE OF MIND OF MARGARET SCHUYLER.
  • NOBLE TREATMENT OF ENEMIES.
  • HUMANITY REWARDED.
  • MARGARET WINTHROP.
  • A PIONEER SETTLER'S ADVENTURE.
  • MRS. McKENNY.
  • THE FISHERMAN'S HEROIC WIFE.
  • MRS. JAMES K. POLK.
  • THE WIDOW JENKINS.
  • A FAITHFUL LITTLE GIRL.
  • HOSPITALITY OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN.
  • SARAH LANMAN SMITH.
  • A BROTHER SAVED BY HIS SISTER.
  • PATRIOTIC SACRIFICE OF MRS. BORDEN.
  • MARGARET CORBIN.
  • BRAVERY OF MRS. CHANNING.
  • COMMENDABLE COURAGE.
  • THE HEROINE OF SHELL'S BUSH.
  • FATHER TAYLOR'S WIDOWED FRIEND.
  • PICTURE OF A REVOLUTIONARY MOTHER.
  • SUCCESSFUL DARING.
  • WORTHY EXAMPLE OF FORGIVENESS
  • CROOKSHANKS SAVED BY A FEMALE.
  • A PATRIOTIC ARTIST.
  • TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT AMONG MOHAWK WOMEN.
  • A FEMALE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY.
  • HOSPITALITY OF ELIZABETH BRANT.
  • BRIEF ANECDOTES.
  • PHILANTHROPY OF AMERICAN WOMEN: MISS DIX.
    • FOOTNOTES:
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