When They Were Girls

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Editor's Introduction

Jane Addams

Louisa M. Alcott

Susan B. Anthony

Clara Barton

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Cecilia Beaux

Evangeline Booth

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Katharine Bement Davis

Grace Hoadley Dodge

Alice Cunningham Fletcher

Louise Homer

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

Julia Ward Howe

Helen Keller

Maria Mitchell

Alice Freeman Palmer

Maud Powell

Ellen H. Richards

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Frances E. Willard

Ella Flagg Young

Title: When They Were Girls

Author: Rebecca Deming Moore

Editor: Helen Mildred Owen

Language: English

Character set encoding: UTF-8

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WHEN THEY WERE GIRLS

By

Rebecca Deming Moore

Illustrated By

Mabel Betsy Hill

Edited By

Helen Mildred Owen

F. A. OWEN PUBLISHING COMPANY

DANSVILLE, NEW YORK


Copyright, 1923

F. A. OWEN PUBLISHING COMPANY


Contents

 

Jane Addams

The Girl Who Became a Neighbor to the Needy

 

Louisa M. Alcott

Whose Stories of Real Life Are a Delight to Girls and Boys

 

Susan B. Anthony

Who Worked for Sixty Years to Secure Rights for Women

 

Clara Barton

The Girl Who Unfurled the First American Red Cross Flag

 

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

The Girl Who Made Melodies

 

Cecilia Beaux

Whose Paint Brush Has Brought Her Fame

 

Evangeline Booth

The Girl Who Lived the Meaning of Her Name

 

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Girl Who Loved Stories and Wrote Them

 

Katharine Bement Davis

The Girl Who Has Helped to Straighten Twisted Lives

 

Grace Hoadley Dodge

The Girl Who Worked for Working Girls

 

Alice Cunningham Fletcher

The Girl Who Befriended the Red Man

 

Louise Homer

Who Believes that Hard Work Is the Secret of Her Success as a Singer

 

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

The Girl Who Loved Art More Than Ease

 

Julia Ward Howe

Whose Battle Hymn Sang Itself into the Hearts of a Nation

 

Helen Keller

The Deaf and Blind Girl Who Found Light and Happiness Through Knowledge

 

Maria Mitchell

The Girl Who Studied the Stars

 

Alice Freeman Palmer

The Girl Who Guided College Girls

 

Maud Powell

The Girl Whose Violin Spread Afar the Message of Music

 

Ellen H. Richards

A Scientist Who Helped Home-Makers

 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Girl Who Helped to Draft Woman’s Declaration of Independence

 

Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Girl Whose Story of Slavery Aroused The Whole World

 

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Who Put the Joy of Living into Her Books

 

Frances E. Willard

The Girl Who Fought the Dragon, Drink

 

Ella Flagg Young

Whose Slogan Was “Better Schools for Girls and Boys”


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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