Notable women in history
Subtitle: the lives of women who in all ages, all lands and in all womanly occupations have won fame and put their imprint on the world's history
By: by Willis J. Abbot.
Publisher: J.C. Winston
Published: 1913
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Subjects: Women -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Biographical sketches of 70 famous women in history from Cleopatra to Sarah Bernhardt. Most of the sketches are of women of royalty or of women in the 19th century U.S. women's movement.
Table of contents: value: A group of classic dames.; value: Many queens and some martyrs.; value: Women of wit and pleasure.; value: Priestesses of woman's cause.; value: Some women of the footlights.; value: Women in arts and letters.; value: Women who stand alone.