CONTENTS
| | PAGE |
| Foreword | [xi] |
| Pocahontas: The Indian Girl of the Virginia Forest | [1] |
| Dorothy Quincy: The Girl of Colonial Days Who Heard
the First Gun Fired for Independence | [36] |
| Molly Pitcher: The Brave Gunner of the Battle of Monmouth | [71] |
| Elizabeth Van Lew: The Girl Who Risked All that Slavery
Might be Abolished and the Union Preserved | [86] |
| Ida Lewis: The Girl Who Kept Lime Rock Burning; a Heroic Life-saver | [125] |
| Clara Barton: "The Angel of the Battlefields" | [143] |
| Virginia Reed: Midnight Heroine of the Plains in Pioneer
Days of America | [174] |
| Louisa M. Alcott: Author of "Little Women" | [207] |
| Clara Morris: The Girl Who Won Fame as an Actress | [236] |
| Anna Dickinson: The Girl Orator | [271] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Molly Pitcher | [Frontispiece] |
| Pocahontas Saves Captain John Smith | Facing p. [4] |
| Miss Van Lew Bringing Food to the Union Soldier in
the Secret Room | " [108] |
| Ida Lewis | " [128] |
| Virginia Goes Forth to Find Her Exiled Father | " [194] |
FOREWORD
The loyalty of Pocahontas, the patriotism of Molly Pitcher and Dorothy Quincy, the devoted service of Clara Barton, the heroism of Ida Lewis, the enthusiasm of Anna Dickinson, the fine work of Louisa Alcott—all challenge the emulation of American girls of to-day. Citizen-soldiers on a field of service as wide as the world, young America has at this hour of national crisis its chance to win recognition for fidelity, for bravery, and for loyal service, with victory for American ideals as its golden reward, in a world "made safe for democracy."