I always knew when I saw her marching into my store that she was coming round asking for money for some charity or another. After all, it wasn t so long ago that I was on the receiving end of her charity. Starting over in a new town is hard, mighty hard. But knowing people like Miss Nellie made it a whole lot easier. Through a unique blend of fictional first and third-person narratives, young readers get to know these women through their actions and thoughts, as well as the observations and opinions of contemporaries who knew them personally.
Numerous sidebars link the fictional narrative to documented historical events.
A bibliography of resources enables further research on each of the five women.