Author: Louise Creighton Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331358797 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 192
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Excerpt from Some Famous Women IN this little book I am going to tell you about some of the women who have been famous in the past. There are perhaps many names more famous than those I have chosen, but it was not always the best women who were the most talked about. In the past it was seldom that any woman, who was not a royal lady or some great aristocrat, became known to the world. In the early days of Christianity, many women suffered bravely for their faith, and later in the convents there were studious nuns who became known for their learning. In the account of St. Hilda you will read of one of the most famous of these. But most women were busy in keeping their houses, and had to do many things which no woman would dream of doing now. Cloth and linen had to be woven at home, simple medicines and ointments were made by the great ladies, who had often to act as doctors as well as nurses. Only few women had any book learning, and it was long before it was thought desirable for a woman to learn to writef When good schools were started for boys, few people thought it desirable to do anything for the education of girls. It was not till the nineteenth century that a change began, and that people as a rule began to think that, as girls had minds as well as boys, it was as well to give them the chance of learning. When you read about Mrs. Somerville, you will see how great was the change in her lifetime. No one troubled to teach her when she was a Child, but before her death the first colleges for women were founded at Cambridge. Joan of Kent is an example of the aimless life led by a great lady in the Middle Ages who was kindly and beloved, but did not know how to make her life of use to others. Margaret Beaumont was also a great lady and might have spent her days in pleasure, but the experiences of her life made her serious, and she used her life and her money in the service of others. Since their day, there have been many great ladies who have been like one or other of these two. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Edith Horton Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267628896 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 238
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Excerpt from A Group of Famous Women Stories of Their Lives So difficult has it been for teachers to find brief, readable biographies of distinguished women to use in connection with their lessons in history and civics that they will wel come this interesting collection. It should help to make the girls in our American schools proud of their woman hood and it Should give them a strong desire to be worthy of belonging to the same class as this group of noble workers. Emma L. Johnston Principal Brooklyn Training School for Teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Gabrielle Festing Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365271055 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 326
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Excerpt from Unstoried in History: Portraits of Some Famous Women of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries Over a packet of old letters. The writers may have been quite unknown to us, they may have been laid in their graves long before we were born yet as we read their story - written, of course, without a thought of publication, only for one pair of eyes to read - they take vitality and flesh and blood, and become as human as ourselves. A singer of our own day has shown the strange irony of fate, that a fragile toy of chicken-skin and ivory should survive the wear of years, the dangers of several revolutions, and remain unblemished, while the beautiful, imperious hand that wielded it has long ago mouldered into dust. But where is the Pompadour 771129 was the Pompadour's fan! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: V. M. Pierce Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780484856973 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 46
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Excerpt from Famous Women, 1920 Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a true friend to Women in time of trial when the organs are not performing their functions. For headache, backache, heat flashes, mental depression, dizziness, fainting spells, lassitude' or' exhaustion, women should never fail to take this tried and true woman's tonic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Elbert Hubbard Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781333023928 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 338
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Excerpt from Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women I lay no claim to having inherited Elbert Hubbard's Genius, his Personality, his Insight into the Human Heart. I am another and totally different sort of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Cornelia Spencer Love Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780484025362 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 56
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Excerpt from Famous Women of Yesterday and Today Mrs. Abraham Lincoln: a Study of Her Personality and Her Influence on Lincoln, by William A. Evans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781528488396 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 720
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Excerpt from Our Famous Women: An Authorized and Complete Record of the Lives and Deeds of Eminent Women of Our Times N these book-making days, a new volume of biography needs, perhaps, a word of intro duction to the kindly households wherein it seeks a welcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Fyvie Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781333653026 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 340
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Excerpt from Some Famous Women of Wit and Beauty: A Georgian Galaxy The first of the following biographical studies originally appeared in the pages of The Nineteenth Century, the second in King and Country, the third in The Quarterly Review, the fourth in The anglo-saxon Review, the sixth and seventh in Ternple Bar, and they are now reprinted by the courtesy of the editors of those periodicals. The fifth and eighth are here printed for the first time. The author hopes that they may at least serve as a, reminder that superlative beauty, brilliant wit, and lives full of strange happenings, are not the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Cornelia Spencer Love Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780259948551 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 50
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Excerpt from Famous Women of Yesterday and Today, 1938 She was excelled in one or another field by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, and other great contempo raries, but no one of these combined SO many talents or participated successfully in so many varied movements. And in addition to all these interests, She found time to be the mother of six children, a devoted wife, an excellent housekeeper. Hers was a strong and deep character, which left its impact upon American life at a period Of almost revolutionary change in social and political concepts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Esther Singleton Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780364259030 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 434
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Excerpt from Famous Women: As Described by Famous Writers After sovereigns, we come to a class who held power by deputy, as exemplified by Margaret Of Parma. Then fol lows that large and most important class Of queens Of the left hand, the Maintenons, Pompadours, etc. The women who held sway by intrigue or open exercise Of power in the Courts Of Charles II., and Louis XIV. And Louis XV. Naturally occupy a large place in this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Louise Creighton
Author: Edith Horton
Author: Gabrielle Festing
Author: V. M. Pierce
Author: Elbert Hubbard
Author: Cornelia Spencer Love
Author: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Author: John Fyvie
Author: Cornelia Spencer Love
Author: Esther Singleton