Heroines

Michael, Charles D. Heroines: True Tales of Brave Women. London: S. W. Partridge, [19--]. "Bravery and self-sacrifice are natural qualities in men, or so we love to think; but men have no monopoly of heroism. In their capacity for suffering uncomplainingly, and in their power of patient endurance, women are, as a matter of fact more heroic by nature than men."
Parkman, Mary Rosetta. Heroines of Service. New York, Century, 1917. (Duke Off Site Stacks: 920 P251HE) Features famous and lesser known women including: Mary Lyon, Clara Barton, Frances Willard, Julia Ward Howe, Mary Antin, Alice C. Fletcher, Mary Slessor of Calabar, Madame Marie Curie, and Jane Addams
Groom, Arthur. The Girls' Book of Heroines London: Birn Brothers, Ltd., 1952. (E q#2050) Among heroines of the First and Second World Wars and prominent sports figures of the day, we find such unlikely heroines as Marie Antoinette, Madame Toussaud (of wax museum fame), and a "present-day heroine - the Air Hostess."

Carlson, Natalie Savage. The Empty Schoolhouse. New York: Harper and Row, 1965. (not cataloged at time of publication; check online catalog) Though they are friends at church on Sundays, Oralee (a white girl) and Lullah (a "colored" girl) must attend separate schools. When the Archbishop desegregates the parochial schools, Lullah is thrust into the front lines of the civil rights movement.
Weldon, Amelie. Girls Who Rocked the World. Hillsboro, Oregon: Beyond Words Publishing, 1998. (E Pam #7014) "While our current history books are giving more credit to women from the past, it is equally important that you, today's girls, know that you can make your own impact on the history books of tomorrow."

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