What America Owes to Women


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As American women have been imperfectly represented in the world, it is our aim in this volume to give a pen protrait of the American Woman Past and Present; not in the way of boastful assertions, nor by pleading for her rights which have already been awarded her; but by statements of her achievements in the lines of literature, philanthropy, church work, education, science, industry, medicine, business, art, music, invention, home life, domestic science, etc., that hereby the subtle, yet powerful influence of woman in the development of this great country may be manifested and strengthened. Thus there shall be constructed a fitting memorial of the American Woman of the Past, and inspiring model for the American Woman of the Future.
We have endeavored to make this book a valuable Souvenir of the Columbian Exposition.
These portraits have been sketched by many pens, for no one writer could have accomplished the object desired.
- Summary by Excerpt from Preface (19 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Dedication, Preface and Introduction 9:57 Read by Christine Rottger
Some Women in America History: What America owes to Isabella of Castile and to … 29:08 Read by Abhijith Asok
Columbus at Santa Fe by Virginia P. Townsend 11:44 Read by Abhijith Asok
The Women of Plymouth Colony by Jane G. Austin 8:20 Read by Abhijith Asok
The Lady Arbella by Lucy Larcom 4:00 Read by David Curtiss
Puritan Womanhood: A Power in America by Linda T. Guilford 16:40 Read by Missy Morgan
The Women of the American Revolution by Mrs. Elroy M. Avery 18:09 Read by cyndajm
Autobiographical Sketch by Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant 4:20 Read by CaptCalf
Wives of Presidents, Editorial, Part 1 54:17 Read by cyndajm
Wives of Presidents, Editorial, Part 2 43:36 Read by cyndajm
Women in the Home by the Editor and Wives and Daughters in the Home by Agnes Ba… 20:05 Read by cyndajm
Domestic Science in American Homes, Editorial 24:44 Read by Cajucom
Clergymen's Wives by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher 3:27 Read by Stacey Malcolm
The Wives of Army Officers by Jessie Benton Fremont 9:32 Read by Penny Carrington
The American Salon, Editorial 23:21 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Social Leaders of Washington by Leonora B. Halsted 29:56 Read by Robert H. Cherny
The Southern Woman, Past and Present by Mrs. Frank Leslie 10:11 Read by Lyra Scout
Physical Culture of American Women by Annie Jenness Miller 6:51 Read by Penny Carrington
The American Girl, Past and Present, Editorial 47:31 Read by cyndajm
Every-day Women by Lucy M. Spelman and Farmers' Wives and Daughters by Jennie E… 14:29 Read by Penny Carrington
Women In Literature: Women in Literature and Poetry, Editorial 32:52 Read by AliceStein
Women Fiction Writers of America by Ellen Olney Kirk 31:25 Read by AliceStein
Women Journalists in America by Susan E. Dickinson 18:58 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Women in Education and Science, Editorial 19:10 Read by Hazel Moon
Women as Teachers by Eliza Hardy Lord 28:26 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Massachusetts Normal Schools by Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells 20:36 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Wellesley College Towards Liberal Education by Anne Eugenia Morgan 21:08 Read by Robert H. Cherny
An American Queen by Gail Hamilton 50:26 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Sketch of Maria Mitchell by Frances Fisher Wood 18:07 Read by BettyB
Women's Work at the Harvard Observatory by Helen Leah Reed 26:17 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Women in Philanthropy, Church Work, Home, Missions and Charities: Woman's Progr… 16:49 Read by BettyB
The Work of Women During the War by Mary A. Livermore 10:26 Read by Will
Women's Work for Indians by Mrs. Amelia S. Quinton 27:49 Read by cyndajm
The Woman's Club Movement by J. C. Croley (Jennie June) 34:29 Read by Robert H. Cherny
The Influence of Women in American Politics by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster 16:22 Read by Will
Woman's Work in the Church, Editorial 47:32 Read by Christine Rottger
Working Girls' Clubs by Grace H. Dodge 17:13 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Woman's National Christian Temperance Union, Editorial and Young Women's Christ… 16:54 Read by BettyB
Hospitals, Mission Schools, and Other Charities, Editorial and Sketch of Doroth… 24:14 Read by Harriet
Two Women Whome I Have Known by Mrs. Charles Henrotin 18:06 Read by cyndajm
Women in Professions, Business and Trade: Women in Medicine by Mary Putnam Jaco… 19:17 Read by BettyB
Women in Law by Ada M. Bittenbender 52:48 Read by Christine Rottger
American Women of the Drama by Lillian Whiting 20:05 Read by AliceStein
Women in Business and Trade, Editorial 51:25 Read by Penny Carrington
Queens of the Shop, the Workroom and the Tenement by Katharine Pearson Woods 25:11 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Women Clerks in New York by The Marquise Clara Lanza 22:31 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Women in Art and Music, Editorial 11:51 Read by emmaweigham
Women Artists by Maude Haywood 8:38 Read by kathasears
Women Art Patrons by Helen Evertson Smith 22:42 Read by Robert H. Cherny
Exposition Notes: Address at the Dedicatory Ceremonies, October 21, 1892 by Mrs… 17:17 Read by BettyB
The Board of Lady Managers and The Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxil… 11:51 Read by BettyB
The Woman's Building, The Children's Building and Exhibits by Women 24:06 Read by BettyB