CONTENTS.
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| Introduction | [13] |
| Mother of Washington | [25] |
| Wife of Washington | [33] |
| Wife of John Adams | [39] |
| Ann H. Judson | [52] |
| A Christian Woman in the Hour of Danger | [66] |
| Humanity of Hartford Ladies | [69] |
| Mother Bailey | [73] |
| Elizabeth Heard | [76] |
| Ladies of Philadelphia in 1780 | [78] |
| Wife of President Reed | [80] |
| Completion of Bunker Hill Monument | [85] |
| Lydia Darrah | [89] |
| Widow Storey | [93] |
| Mrs. Hendee | [95] |
| Patriotic Women of Old Middlesex | [97] |
| The Cacique's Noble Daughter | [99] |
| Humane Spirit of a Forest Maid | [104] |
| Hannah Dustin | [108] |
| The Heroines of Bryant's Station | [111] |
| Mrs. Daviess | [114] |
| A Kentucky Amazon | [118] |
| Heroism at Innis Settlement | [120] |
| Bold Exploit at Tampico | [124] |
| Dicey Langston | [125] |
| Rebecca Motte | [129] |
| Another Sacrifice for Freedom | [132] |
| A Patriotic Donation | [133] |
| The Little Black-eyed Rebel | [134] |
| The Benevolent Quakeress | [136] |
| A Pioneer in Sunday Schools | [140] |
| The Women of Wyoming | [142] |
| Mary Gould | [143] |
| The Mother of President Polk | [145] |
| Trials of a Patriot | [146] |
| Intrepidity of Mrs. Israel | [164] |
| Incident in Missionary Life | [166] |
| A Kind-hearted Chippewa | [169] |
| Humanity of a Cherokee | [170] |
| Self-sacrificing Spirit of the Missionary | [171] |
| Daring Exploit of Two Rebels | [176] |
| Elizabeth Martin | [178] |
| The Mother's Effectual Petition | [180] |
| Noteworthy Integrity | [182] |
| A Faithful Mother | [184] |
| Mrs. Spaulding | [186] |
| Wife of Colonel Thomas | [188] |
| Exemplary Piety | [190] |
| Adventure of a Patriotic Girl | [192] |
| Mrs. Caldwell and the Tories | [195] |
| Mother of Randolph | [198] |
| Cornelia Beekman | [199] |
| Mother of West | [202] |
| Heroic Endurance | [204] |
| Maternal Heroism | [211] |
| A Modern Dorcas | [213] |
| Sarah Hoffman | [218] |
| Heroism of Schoharie Women | [221] |
| A Sterling Patriot | [223] |
| Heroic Conduct at Monmouth | [237] |
| Courage of a Country Girl | [239] |
| The Ledyards at Fort Griswold | [241] |
| Seneca Heroines | [244] |
| Martha Bratton | [246] |
| A Poor Woman's Offering | [250] |
| Mother of Jackson | [251] |
| Heroine of Fort Henry | [253] |
| A Benevolent Widow | [256] |
| Anne Fitzhugh | [258] |
| Esther Gaston | [261] |
| Remarkable Presence of Mind | [263] |
| Wife of Governor Griswold | [265] |
| Bold Exploit of a Young Girl | [266] |
| Susanna Wright | [268] |
| Patriotism of 1770 | [270] |
| Mrs. Spalding | [272] |
| Mrs. Dillard | [275] |
| Phœbe Phillips | [277] |
| Example of a Poor Widow | [279] |
| Elizabeth Estaugh | [284] |
| Kate Moore | [297] |
| Captivity of Mrs. Rowlandson | [299] |
| Mrs. Bozarth | [303] |
| Heroine of Steel Creek | [305] |
| Benevolence of a Colored Woman | [308] |
| Rebecca Edwards | [309] |
| The Beautiful Rebel | [311] |
| Harriet B. Stewart | [313] |
| A Kind and Benevolent Woman | [316] |
| Noble Example of Pioneers | [320] |
| Mrs. Slocumb | [323] |
| Wife of Captain Richardson | [330] |
| Striking Instance of Patience | [331] |
| Susannah Elliott | [336] |
| Anna Elliott | [338] |
| Patriotic Stratagem | [340] |
| Influence of a Faithful Teacher | [341] |
| Wife of Thomas Heyward | [343] |
| Noble Decision | [345] |
| A Tennessee Heroine | [346] |
| Mrs. M'Kay | [352] |
| Heroic Conduct of a Daughter | [354] |
| Heroic Decision | [356] |
| Daughter of Aaron Burr | [358] |
| Female Intrepidity | [361] |
| Wife of Richard Shubrick | [362] |
| Retort of Mrs. Ashe | [365] |
| Wife of a Drunkard | [366] |
| Mother of Dr. Dwight | [370] |
| Happy Results of Maternal Fidelity | [373] |
| Mrs. Scott | [375] |
| Success of Boldness | [378] |
| Mary Knight | [380] |
| Wife of William Gray | [381] |
| Mrs. Huntington | [383] |
| Mrs. Biddle | [385] |
| Kindness of Convicts | [387] |
| Margaret Prior | [388] |
| Noble Acts of Kindness | [395] |
| Wife of Dr. Ramsay | [398] |
| Margaret Schuyler | [400] |
| Noble Treatment of Enemies | [402] |
| Humanity Rewarded | [403] |
| Margaret Winthrop | [404] |
| A Pioneer Settler's Adventure | [408] |
| Mrs. McKenny | [410] |
| The Fisherman's Heroic Wife | [416] |
| Mrs. James K. Polk | [418] |
| Widow Jenkins | [421] |
| Faithful Little Girl | [423] |
| Hospitality of California Women | [424] |
| Sarah Lanman Smith | [425] |
| Brother saved by his Sister | [429] |
| Mrs. Borden | [431] |
| Margaret Corbin | [432] |
| Mrs. Channing | [433] |
| Commendable Courage | [434] |
| Heroine of Shell's Bush | [435] |
| Father Taylor's Widowed Friend | [437] |
| Revolutionary Mother | [440] |
| Successful Daring | [443] |
| Worthy Example of Forgiveness | [444] |
| Crookshanks saved by a Female | [445] |
| Patriotic Artist | [446] |
| Mohawk Women | [448] |
| Female in the Revolutionary Army | [450] |
| Elizabeth Brant | [459] |
| Brief Anecdotes | [465] |
| Miss D. L. Dix | [474] |
INTRODUCTION.
The advantages of Biography are obvious and great. To the weight of precept, it adds the force and efficacy of example. It presents correct and beautiful models, and awakens the impulse to imitate what we admire. Other sciences strengthen the intellect, this influences and amends the heart. Other subjects interest the imagination, this modifies conduct and character. By the recorded actions of the great and good, we regulate our own course, and steer, star-guided, over life's trackless ocean.