WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT.
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.
Title: Noble Deeds of American Women
With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent
Editor: J. (Jesse) Clement
Language: English
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