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)

Chapitres

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