The world's history and its makers
Subtitle: Famous women
By: by Edgar Sanderson ... [et al.] ; introduction by Marshall S. Snow
Publisher: Universal History Pub. Co.
Published: 1901
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Copyright date: 1899
Subjects: Women; Biography
Other titles: Famous women
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Judith, B.C. 650 : sublime courage sustained by faith; title: Aspasia, B.C. 489-420 : the most celebrated woman of antiquity; title: Cornelia, B.C. 160 : a mother's influence; title: Cleopatra, B.C. 69-30 : the sorceress of the Nile; title: Ayesha, A.D. 610-667 : mother of the faithful; title: Joan of Arc, A.D. 1412-1431: the Maid of Orleans; title: Isabella, A.D. 1451-1504 : the mother of Spain; title: Catherine de'Medici, A.D. 1519-1589 : the sceptered sorceress of Italia's land.; title: Madame de Maintenon, A.D. 1635-1719 : the most artful of her sex; title: Mary Washington, A.D. 1714-1796 : the mother of Washington; title: Maria Theresa, A.D. 1717-1780 : the mother of Germany; title: Catherine II, A.D. 1729-1796 : empress of Russia; title: Marie Antoinette, A.D. 1755-1793 : Queen of France; title: Josephine, A.D. 1763-1814 : first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte; title: Victoria, A.D. 1819 : queen and empress.