A Century of Achievement with Special Reference to America
Abigail Adams – Wife of President John Adams
Victoria Alexandrina – England’s Noblest Queen and Empress of India
Louisa May Alcott – Author of Little Men and Little Women
Tsze Hsi An – The Famous Empress Dowager of China
Susan B. Anthony – Woman’s Rights Advocate
Marie Antoinette – Ill Fated Queen of France
Jane Austen – One of the Greater English Novelists
Beatrice – Inspiration of Dante’s Life
Berenice – Daughter of Herod Agrippa
“Mother” Bickerdyke – Hospital Administrator for Union Soldiers
Blandina – The Slave Girl of Lyons
Mrs. Catherine Booth – Mother of the Salvation Army
Laura Bridgman – Beyond the Silent Darkness
Elizabeth B. Browning – English Poetress
Marie Corelli – Popular English Novelist
Alice and Phoebe Cary – The Literary sisters
Saint Catherine of Siena – Member of the order of St. Dominic
Mrs. Frances Cleveland – Mistress of the White House at Twenty-Two
Varina Anne “Winnie” Davis – “The Daughter of the Confederacy”
Marie Deffand – Patron of Fashion and Literature
Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton) – American Authoress and Critic
Maria Edgeworth – English Novelist
Amelia B. Edwards – English Novelist and Egyptologist
George Eliot (Marian Evans) – The Greatest English Woman Novelist
Elizabeth I – Queen of England
General Conditions During the Dark Ages from 500-1100 A.D.
- Social and Political Changes
- Feudal System
- Feudal Castle
- Rise of Chivalry
- Position of the Church
- Influence of Monasticism
- Divorce
Helen Miller Gould – A Princess Among Givers
Vinnie Ream Hoxie – The First American Sculptor
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary – Daughter of King Andrew II and Gertrude
Françoise d’Aubigné – Second wife of King Louis XIV of France
From the Birth of Christ to the Fall of Rome
- Roman Empire
- Emperors
- Claudius
- Nero
- Causes of Decay
- Social Conditions
- Public Games
- Christian Legislation
Anne Dacier – Celebrated Scholar and Linguist
Elizabeth C. Gaskell – English Novelist of Industrial Life
Genevieve – Her Courage Saved the City of Paris
Hatsu or Hatshepsut – Famous Egyptian Queen, Builder and Explorer
Helena – Mother of Constantine the Great
Herodias and Salome – Wife and Step-Daughter of Herod Antipas
Harriet G. Hosmer – American Sculptor
Margaret Houston – Inspirational Wife
Julia Ward Howe – Author, Philanthropist, Lecturer
Mary H. Hunt – American Temperance Reformer and Educator
Anne Hutchinson – Religious Enthusiast and Reformer
Hypatia – Mathematician and Philosopher
Influence of Medieval Institutions
- Hereditary Rights
- Woman’s Marital Position
- Religion and Love
- Effects of Chivalry
- The Feminine Sphere
- Decline of Chivalry
- Teachings of True Chivalry
- Town Life
- Morals
- Superstitious Devotion
- Women’s Dress
- Seventeenth Century
- England in the Eighteenth Century
- General Social Conditions in Europe
- Imitation of French Matters
- Courts of Turin and Milan
- Forms of Pleasure and Employment
- German Courts
- Court of Vienna
- Court of Frederick William
- Saxon Women
- French Influence in Germany
- Effects of the Seven Years’ War
- French Revolution
- Society Under Louis XIV
- Beginning of the Carnage
- Women’s Patronage
- The Guillotine
- Public Executions
- Charlotte Corday and Marie Antoinette
- Diffusion of French Manners
- Inequality of Woman’s Rights
Queen Isabella – Financed Columbus in his Discovery of America
Helen Hunt Jackson – Champion of the American Indian
Joséphine – Wife of Napoleon and Empress of the French
Clara Louise Kellogg – American Opera Singer
Lucy Larcom – Mill Girl, Teacher and Poetess
Jenny Lind (Goldschmidt) – The World’s Sweetest Singer
Mrs. Sarah Jane (Clarke) Lippincott – Journalist and Serial Writer
Belva Lockwood – First Woman Admitted to Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
Lydia – The First Christian Convert in Europe
Lucretia – Heroine in Early History
Martha and Mary – The Bethany Sisters
Mary II., Queen of England – Wife and Co-Regent of William III.
Mary Magdalene – The Cured Demonic
Julia Mamaea – Mother of Alexander Severus
Harriet L. Martineau – English Authoress
Abigail Masham – Favorite of Queen Anne of England
Maria Mitchell – Pioneer Woman Astronomer
Margaret Fuller Ossoli – American Authoress
Mary N. Murfree – The Novelist of Southern Life
Margaret Oliphant – English Novelist and Biographer
Adelina Maria Patti – Greatest Italian Vocalist of the Century
The Period of the Renaissance and Following
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa – Famous Operatic Singer
- Mercy Otis Warren
- Betsy Ross
- Elizabeth Maxwell Steele
- Hannah White Arnett
- Anna Warner Bailey
- Mary Fuller Percival
- Alice Kollock Green
- Mary Fish Silliman
- Anne Frisby Fitzhugh
- Mary Alvis Draper
- Abigail Eastman Webster
- Nancy Hunter Dodge
- Penelope Van Princis
- Sarah Swinton McIntosh
- Hannah Watts Weston
- Sally Fowler Plumer
- Jemima Suggett Johnson
- Katherine Cole Gaylord
- Anne Kennedy
- Eunice Forsythe Latham
- Mary Henry Honeyman
- Ruth Rutter Hayward
- Lucy Dougherty Tucker
- Charity Mersereau
- Charlotte Reeves Robertson
Professional Women in the United States
Property Rights of Women – During the Civil War Times
Madame Récamier – Celebrated French Beauty
Phoebe – Deaconess of Cenchrea
Christina G. Rossetti – Poetess of the Spiritual Life
Margaret E. Sangster – Author and Editor of Harper’s Bazaar
Irena Sendler – Friend of Polish Jews
Sarah Siddons – The Greatest English Tragic Actress
Mary Slessor – Missionary to Cannibals
Lady Henry Somerset – Philanthropist and Temperance Leader
Elizabeth Cady Stanton – Champion of Women’s Rights
Lucy Stone – From Farm to College and Beyond
Mary Stuart – Queen of Scotland
Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune – Celebrated Writer on Domestic Economy
The Christian Ministry – During the Civil War Times
Thermuthis – Pharaoh’s Daughter, Foster Mother of Moses
Top Five Women in The History of Jewelry
Mrs. Humphry Ward – English Novelist
What Woman has Done with her Pen During the 19th Century
Frances E. Willard – The Foremost American Temperance Reformer
Woman Before the Christian Era – From Eden to Christ
Women and the Ballot During the Civil War Times
Women and the Cross During the Civil War Times
Woman and the Stage In the 19th Century
Woman as a Wage-Earner in the 19th Century
Women in Educational Progress in the 19th Century
Woman in Literature During the 19th Century
- The Literary Position of Women in the Classic Ages
- The Literary Position of Women in the Continental Nations of England
- The Literary Position of Women in the Continental Nations of Europe
- The Literary Position of Women in the Continental Nations of America
Women in Philanthropy in the 19th Century
Woman in the Alliance Movement During the 19th Century
Woman in the Profession of Law During the Civil War Times
Woman in Profession of Medicine in the 19th Century
Women in Political Organizations in the 19th Century
Woman in Social Reform in the 19th Century
The Education of Women in Social Reform
- Women’s Contribution to Prison Reform
- Preventive Institutions
- The Education of Women in Social Reform
- Protective, Mutual Benefit and Labor Organizations
- The Modification of the Methods of Charity by Women in the 19th Century
Woman’s Achievement in Invention and Science in the Late 1800’s
Woman as an Artist in the 19th Century
Woman’s Higher Education in the 19th century
Woman in Worldwide Missions in the 19th Century
Woman in the Home During the 19th Century
Women of the South During the Civil War Times
Women Suffrage During the Civial War Times