KATE DICKINSON SWEETSER
AUTHOR OF
"TEN BOYS FROM HISTORY"
"TEN BOYS FROM DICKENS"
ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE ALFRED WILLIAMS
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Ten American Girls from History
Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published October, 1917
TO
EDITH BOLLING WILSON
"THE FIRST LADY OF THE LAND"
A DESCENDANT OF POCAHONTAS, THE INDIAN
GIRL OF THE VIRGINIA FOREST WHO LINKS
THE FLOWER OF EARLY AMERICA WITH
THE "NEW FREEDOM" OF TODAY, THIS
BOOK IS CORDIALLY DEDICATED.