KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
TEN AMERICAN GIRLS FROM HISTORY
POCAHONTAS: THE INDIAN GIRL OF THE VIRGINIA FOREST
DOROTHY QUINCY: THE GIRL OF COLONIAL DAYS WHO HEARD THE FIRST GUN FIRED FOR INDEPENDENCE
MOLLY PITCHER: THE BRAVE GUNNER OF THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH
ELIZABETH VAN LEW: THE GIRL WHO RISKED ALL THAT SLAVERY MIGHT BE ABOLISHED AND THE UNION PRESERVED I
IDA LEWIS: THE GIRL WHO KEPT LIME ROCK BURNING; A HEROIC LIFE-SAVER
CLARA BARTON: "THE ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELDS"
VIRGINIA REED: MIDNIGHT HEROINE OF THE PLAINS IN PIONEER DAYS OF AMERICA
LOUISA M. ALCOTT: AUTHOR OF "LITTLE WOMEN"
CLARA MORRIS: THE GIRL WHO WON FAME AS AN ACTRESS
ANNA DICKINSON: THE GIRL ORATOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
