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 CHARLES WELLS MOULTON^ 
 
 P^FAl/ CHIC4GO, N ORK. 
 
i Woman of the Century 
 
 FOURTKEN HUNDRED-SEVENTY BIOGRAPHICAL 
 
 SKETCHES ACCOMPANIED BY 
 
 PORTRAITS OF 
 
 Leading American Women 
 
 IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE 
 
 EpiTED BY 
 
 - ; -T r, 
 
 NCES eV WILLARD and 
 
 MARY A. LIVERMORE 
 
 ASSISTED BY A CORPS OF ABLE CONTRIBUTORS 
 
 Buffalo Chicago New York 
 
 CHARLES WELLS MOULTON 
 
 1893 
 
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 INDEX OF BIOGRAPHIES 
 
 IN 
 
 A Woman of the Ceiitur) 
 
 Abbatt, Agnes Dean, 
 
 Artist. 
 Abholl, Elizabeth Robinson, 
 
 Kindergartner. 
 Abbott, Ennna, 
 
 Prima donna. 
 Acbeson, Sarah C, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Ackermann, Jessie A., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Adams, Abigail, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Adams, Florence Adelaide F., 
 
 Dramatic reader and teacher 
 Adams, Hannah, 
 
 Author. 
 Adams, Jane Kelley, 
 
 Educator. 
 Adams, Louise Catherine, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Adams, Mary Mathews, 
 
 Poet. 
 Adkinson, Mary Osburn, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Adsit, Nancy H., 
 
 Art-lecturer. 
 Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot, 
 
 Naturalist. 
 Abreiis, Mary A., .' < 
 
 Lawyer and pbilanthropist; 
 Aikens, Amanda L., 
 
 ICditor and philanthropist. 
 Albani, li^mma. 
 
 Prima donna. 
 Albright, Eliza Downing, 
 
 CluiK h worker. 
 Alcott, Louisa May, 
 
 Author. 01ft. 
 
 Alcott, May, 
 
 Artist. 
 Alden, PZmily Gillmore, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Alden, Isabella Macdonald, 
 
 Author. 
 Alden, Lucy Morris Chafl'ee. 
 
 Author. 
 Aldrich, Anne Reeve, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 Aldrich, Flora L., 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Aldrich, Josephine Cables, 
 
 Author and philanthropist. 
 Aldrich, Julia Carter, 
 
 Author. 
 Aldrich, Mary Jane, 
 
 Tem[)erance reformer. 
 Aldrich, Susanna Valentine, 
 
 Author. 
 Alexander, Jane Grace, 
 
 Pioneer woman-banker. 
 Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 
 
 Poet. 
 Allen, Esther Lavilla, 
 
 Author. 
 Allen, Esther Saville, 
 t Author. 
 
 "•Allen, Mary Wood, 
 '^ Physician and lecturer. 
 'Allerton, Ellen Palmer, 
 
 Poet. 
 Allyn, Eunice Eloisae Gibbs 
 
 Author. 
 Alrich, Emma R., 
 
 Journalist and educator 
 Ames, lileanor M., 
 
 Author. 
 
 7 o 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Ames, Fanny B., 
 
 Industrial reformer. 
 Ames, Julia A., 
 
 Editor. 
 Ames, Lucia True, 
 
 Author. 
 Ames, Mary Clemmer. 
 
 Author. 
 Amies, Olive Pond, 
 
 Educator and lecturer. 
 Amory, EsteUe Mendell, 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Anderson (Navarro), Mary, 
 
 Actor. 
 Andrews, Alice A., 
 
 Composer and director. 
 Andrews, Eliza Frances, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Andrews, Judith Walker, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Andrews, Marie Louise, 
 
 Story writer and journalist. 
 Andrews, Mary Garard, 
 
 ' niversalist minister. 
 Angelini, Arabella, 
 
 Evangc'lial worker. 
 Anthony , Susan V^., 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Archibald, Edith Jessie. 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Arey, Harriett Ellen Grannis, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Armbruster, Sara Dary, 
 
 Publisher. 
 Arnold, Birch 
 
 Author. 
 Arnold, Harriet Prltchard, 
 
 Author. 
 \rmstrong, Ruth Alice, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 \rmstrong, Sarah B., 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 \twood, Ethel, 
 
 Musician. 
 Vustin, Harriet Bunker, 
 
 Author. 
 Austin, Helen Vickroy, 
 
 Journalist and horticulturist, 
 vustin, Jane Goodwin, . 
 
 Novelist. 
 
 Avann, Ella H. Brockway, 
 
 Educator. 
 Avery, Catharine H. T., 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Avery, Rachel Foster, 
 
 Woman suftragist. 
 Avery, Rosa Miller, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Aver, Harriet Hubbard, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Babcock, Elnora Monroe, 
 
 Woman suflragist. 
 Babcock, Emma Whitcomb, 
 
 Author. 
 Babcock, Helen Louise B., 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Baer, Libbie C. Riley, 
 
 Poet. 
 Bagg, Clara B., 
 
 Pianist and music teacher. 
 Baggett, Alice, 
 
 Educator. 
 Bagley, Blanche Pentecost, 
 
 Unitarian minister. 
 Bailey, Ann, 
 
 Scout. 
 Bailey, Anna Warner 
 
 Patriot. 
 Bailey, Ellene Alice, 
 
 Inventor. ^ 
 
 Bailey, Hannah J., 
 
 Philanthropist and reformer. 
 Bailey, Lepha Eliza, 
 
 Author and lecturer. 
 Bailey, Sarah Lord, 
 
 Elocutionist and teacher. 
 Baker, Charlotte Johnson, 
 
 Physician. 
 Baker, Harriette Newell W., 
 
 Author. 
 Baker, Ida Wikoff, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Baker, Joanna, 
 
 Linguist and educator. 
 Baker, Julie Wetherill, 
 
 Critic. 
 Baker, Louise S., 
 
 Congregational minister. 
 Baldwin, Esther E., 
 
 Missionary. 
 
INDEX OF A IVOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Ball, Isabel Worrell, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Ball, Martha Violet, 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 Ballard, Marj- Canfidd, 
 
 Poet. 
 Ballou, Ella Maria, 
 
 Stenographer. 
 Bancker, Mary E. C, 
 
 Author. 
 Banks, Mary Ross, 
 
 Author. 
 Banta, Melissa Elizabeth R., 
 
 Poet. 
 Barber, Mary Augustine, 
 
 Educator. 
 Barbot, Blanche Hermine, 
 
 Musical director and pianist. 
 Barnes, Annie Maria, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Barnes, Catharine Weed, 
 
 I'hotographer and editor. 
 Barnes, Frances Julia, 
 
 Tenifieiance reformer. 
 Barnes, Mary Sheldon, 
 
 Educator and historian. 
 E:irnev, Susan Hammond, 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Barr, Amelia E., 
 
 Novelist. 
 Barrow, Frances Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Barry, F"lora Elizabeth, 
 
 Singer and musical educator 
 r^arry, Susan E., 
 
 Army nurse. 
 Barlielt, Alice Eloise, 
 
 Author. 
 Barllett, Caroline Julia, 
 
 Unitarian minister. 
 Barllett, Maud Whitehead, 
 
 Educator. 
 Barton, Clara, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Bascom, Emma Curtiss, 
 
 Woman sufiragist. 
 Bateham, Josephine P. C, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Bateman, Isabel, 
 
 Actor. 
 
 Bateman, Kate, 
 
 Actor. 
 Bates, Charlotte Fiske. 
 
 Poet. 
 Bates, Clara Doty, 
 
 Author. 
 Bates, Katharine Lee, 
 
 Author atid educator. 
 Bates, Margaret Holmes, 
 
 Author. 
 Battey, Emily Verderj', 
 
 Journalist. 
 Baxter, Ainiie White, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Baxter, Marion Babcock, 
 
 Lecturer and author. 
 Baylor, F" ranees Courtenay, 
 
 Author. 
 Beach, Mrs. H. H. A., 
 
 Composer. 
 Beasley, Marie Wilson, 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Beauchamp, .Mary Elizabeth, 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Beaumont, Betty Bentley, 
 
 Author and merchant. 
 Beck, Leonora, 
 
 Educator. 
 Beckwiih, Emma, 
 
 Woman sufiragist. 
 Bedford, Lou Singletary, 
 
 Author. 
 Beecher, Catherine Esther, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Behan, Bessie, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Belcher, Cynthia Holmes, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Bell, Caroline Horlon, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Bell, Orelia Kev, 
 
 Poet. 
 Bellamy, Emily Whitfield C, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Benedict, Emma Lee, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 "Benham, Ida Whipple, 
 
 Peace advocate. 
 Benjamin, AnTia Smeed, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Bennett, Adelaide George, 
 
 Poet. 
 Bennett, Alice, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Bennett, Ella May, 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Benton, Louisa Dow, 
 
 Linguist. 
 Berg, Lillie, 
 
 Musician and educator. 
 Bergen, Cornelia M., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Bergen, Helen Corinne, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Berry, Adaline Hohf, 
 
 Author." 
 Berry, Martia L. Davis, 
 
 Political reformer. 
 Bert, Mabel, 
 
 Actor. 
 Best, Eva, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Bethune, Louise, 
 
 Architect. 
 Bickerdyke, Mary A., 
 
 Army nurse. 
 Bierce, Sarah Elizabeth, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Bigelow, Belle G., 
 
 Woman suffragist, 
 Bigelow, Ella Augusta, 
 
 Musician. 
 Bigelow, Lettie S., 
 
 Author. 
 Biggart, Mabelle, 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Bingham, Jennie M., 
 
 Author. 
 Birkholz, Eugenie S., 
 
 Author. 
 Bishop, Anna, 
 
 Singer. 
 Bishop, Emily Mulkin, 
 
 Lecturer and instructor. 
 Bishop, Mary Agnes D., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Bisland, Elizabeth, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Bittenbender, Ada M., 
 
 Lawyer and reformer. 
 
 Black, Fannie De Grasse, 
 
 Singer and pianist. 
 Black, Mary Fleming, 
 
 Author and religious worker. 
 Black, Sarah Hearst, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Blackall, Emily Lucas, 
 
 Author and philanthropist. 
 Blackwell, Alice Stone, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Blackwell, Antoinette Brown, 
 
 Minister and author. 
 Blackwell, Elizabeth, 
 
 Physician and author. 
 Blackwell, Emily, 
 
 Physician. 
 Blackwell, Sarah Ellen, 
 
 Artist and author. 
 Blair, Ellen A. Dayton, 
 
 Temperance organizer. 
 Blake, Alice R. Jordan, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Blake, Euphenia Vale, 
 
 Author and critic. 
 Blake, Lillie Devereux, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Blake, Mary Elizabeth, 
 
 Poet. 
 Blanchard, Helen Augusta, 
 
 Inventor. 
 Blavatsky, Helene Petrovna, 
 
 Theosophist and author. 
 Bloede, Gertrude, 
 
 Poet. 
 Blondner, Aline Reese, 
 
 Musician and educator. 
 Bloomer, Amelia, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Blye, Birdie, 
 
 Pianist. 
 Bodley, Rachel L,, 
 
 Scientist and physician. 
 Bohan, Elizabeth Baker, 
 
 Author and artist. 
 Bolton, Sarah Knowles, 
 
 Author. 
 Bolton, Sarah T., 
 
 Poet. 
 Bonaparte, Elizabeth P., 
 
 Wife of Jerome Bonaparte. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTUR Y. 
 
 Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 
 
 Dean of college. 
 Bones, Marietta M., 
 
 Social relornier. 
 Bonham, Mildred A., 
 
 Traveler and journalist. 
 Booth, Agnes, 
 
 Actor. 
 Booth, Emma Scarr, 
 
 Author. 
 Booth, Mary Louise, 
 
 Editor and translator. 
 Botta, Anne Charlotte Lynch, 
 
 Author. 
 Boughton, Caroline G., 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 Bourne, Emma, 
 
 Religious worker. 
 Bouton, Emily St. John, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Bowers, Mrs. D. P., 
 
 Actor. 
 Bowles, Ada Chastina, 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Boyd, Kate Parker, 
 
 Artist. 
 Boyd, Louise Esther Vickroy, 
 
 Author. 
 Brace, Maria Porter, 
 
 Educator and elocutionist. 
 Braden, Anna Madge, 
 
 Author. 
 Bradford, Mary Carroll Craig, 
 
 Correspondent. 
 Bradley, Amy Morris, 
 
 Educator. 
 Bradley, Ann Weaver, 
 
 Educator. 
 Bradwell, Myra, 
 
 Lawyer and editor. 
 Braeunlich, Sophia, 
 
 Business manager. 
 Brainard, Kate J., 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Braman, Ella Frances, 
 
 Lawyer and business woman. 
 Brauniuller, Luetta Elmina, 
 
 Artist and editor. 
 Breed, Alice Ives, 
 
 Social leader. 
 
 Brewster, Cora Belle, 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Brewster, Flora A., 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 
 
 Blind deaf-mute. 
 Briggs, Mary Blatchley, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Brinkerhoft', Clara M., 
 
 Singer and music teacher. 
 Brinkman, Mary A., 
 
 Homeopathic physician. 
 Brinton, Emma Southwick, 
 
 Army nurse and traveler. 
 Brisbane, Margaret Hunt, 
 
 Poet. 
 Bristol, Augusta Cooper, 
 
 Poet and lecturer. 
 Brooks, Ida Joe, 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Brooks, M. Sears, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Brotherton, Alice Williams, 
 
 Author. 
 Brown, Charlotte Emerson, 
 
 Organizer literary clubs. 
 Brown, Corinne Stubbs, 
 
 Socialist. 
 Brown, Emma Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Brown, Harriet A., 
 
 Inventor. 
 Brown, Martha McClellan, 
 
 Educator and reiormer. 
 Brown, AL Belle, 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Brown, Olympia, 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Browne, Mary Frank, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Brownell, Helen M. Davis, 
 
 Educator. 
 Brownscombe, Jennie, 
 
 Artist. 
 Bryan, Mary Edwards, 
 
 Author. 
 Buck, Henriette, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Buck, Mary K., 
 
 Author. 
 
INDEX OP A WOMAN OP THP CPNTVRY. 
 
 Bucknor, Helen Lewis, 
 
 Author. 
 Buell, Caroline Brown, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Bull, Sarah C. Thorpe, 
 
 Wife of Ole Bull. 
 Bullock, Helen Louise, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Bumstead, Eudora Stone, 
 
 Poet. 
 Burlingame, Emeline S., 
 
 Editor and evangelist. 
 Burnett, Cynthia S., 
 
 Educator and reformer. 
 Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Burnham, Bertha H., 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Burnham, Clara Louise, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Burns, Nellie Marie, 
 
 Poet. 
 Burnz, Eliza B., 
 
 Spelling reformer. 
 Burt, Mary Towne, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Bush, Jennie Burchfield, 
 
 Author. 
 Bushnell, Kate, 
 
 Physician and evangelist. 
 Butin, Mary Ryerson, 
 
 Physician. 
 Butler, Clementina, 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Butterfield, Mellona M., 
 
 China-painter. 
 Byington, Elia Goode, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Cabell, Mary Virginia Ellet, 
 
 Educator. 
 Cadwaliader, Alice A. W. 
 
 Philanthropist, 
 Cady, Helena Maxwell, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Cameron, Elizabeth, 
 
 Editor. 
 Campbell, Eugenia Steele, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Campbell, Evelyn, 
 
 Actor. 
 
 Campbell, Georgine, 
 
 Artist. 
 Campbell, Helen S., 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Canfield, Corresta T., 
 
 Physician. 
 Cappiani, Luisa, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Cardwill, Mary E., 
 
 Author. 
 Carhart, Clara H. Sully, 
 
 Educator and reformer. 
 Carlisle, Mary Jane, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Carpenter, Alice Dimmick, 
 
 Traveler. 
 Carpenter, Ellen M., 
 
 Artist. 
 Carroll, Anna Ella, 
 
 Military genius. 
 Carrington, Abbie, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Carse, Matilda B., 
 
 Philanthropist and financier 
 Carson, Delia E., 
 
 Educator. 
 Carter, Hannah Johnson, 
 
 Art educator. 
 Carter, Mary Adaline E., 
 
 Industrial art instructor. 
 Cartwright, Florence Byrne, 
 
 Poet. 
 Cary, Alice, 
 
 Poet. 
 Cary, Annie Louise, 
 
 Singer. 
 Cary, Mary Stockly, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Cary, Phoebe, 
 
 Poet. 
 Case, Marietta Stanley, 
 
 Temperance advocate. 
 Casseday, Jennie, 
 
 Flower mission advocate. 
 Castleman, Alice Barbee, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 
 
 Author. 
 Catlin, Laura Wood, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 
IND^X OP A WOMAN OP THP CPNTURY. 
 
 Catt, Carrie Lane Chapman, 
 
 Journalist and lecturer. 
 Cayvan, Georgia, 
 
 Actor. 
 Chace, Elizabeth Buft'um, 
 
 Anti-slavery agitator. 
 Champiiey, Elizabeth W., 
 
 Author. 
 Chandler, Lucinda Banister, 
 
 Social reformer and author. 
 Chandler, Mary Alderson, 
 
 Educator. 
 Chanler, Amelie Rives, 
 
 Author. 
 Chapin, Augusta J., 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Chapin, Clara Christiana, 
 
 Woman sufiragist. 
 Chapin, Sallie F., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Chapman, Carrie Lane, 
 
 Journalist and lecturer. 
 Chapman, Millie Jane, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Charles, Emily Thornton, 
 
 Poet and journalist. 
 Chase, Louise L., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Cheatham, Kitty Smiley, 
 
 Actor. 
 Cheney, Abbey Perkins, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Cheney, Armilla Amanda, 
 
 Relief Corps worker. 
 Cheney, Edna Dow, 
 
 Author. 
 Chcnoweth, Caroline Van D., 
 
 Vice-consul and educator. 
 Child, Lydia Maria, 
 
 Author. 
 Churchill, Caroline M., 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Churchill, Lide A., 
 
 Novelist. 
 Churchill, Lady Randolph, 
 
 Social leader and politician. 
 Clartin, Adelaide Avery, 
 
 Woman sutlVagist. 
 Clark, Frances P., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 
 Clark, Helen Taggart, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Clarke, Lena Thompson, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Clarke, Mary Bassett, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Clarke, Mary H. Gray, 
 
 Correspondent. 
 Clarke, Rebecca Sophia, 
 
 Author. 
 Claxton, Kate, 
 
 Actor. 
 Clay, Mary Barr, 
 
 SuftVagist and farmer. 
 Clayton, Florence Andrews, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Cleary, Kate McPhelim, 
 
 Correspondent. 
 Cleaves, Margaret Abigail, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Clement, Clara Erskine, 
 
 Writer on art. 
 Clerc, Henrietta Fannie V., 
 
 Educator. 
 Cleveland, P'rances Folsom, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Clymer, Ella Maria Dietz, 
 
 Poet. 
 Coates, Florence Earle, 
 
 Poet. 
 Cobb, Mary Emilie, 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 Cobb, Sarah M. Maxson, 
 
 Art teacher and artist. 
 Cochrane, Elizabeth, 
 
 Journalist and traveler. 
 Coe, Emily M., 
 
 Educator. 
 Coghlan, Rose, 
 
 Actor. 
 Cohen, Mar>' M.^ 
 
 Social economist. 
 Coit, Elizabeth, 
 
 Humanitarian. 
 Coit, Irene Williams, 
 
 Student. 
 Colby, H. Maria George, 
 
 .\ulhor. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Colby, Sarah A., 
 
 Physician. 
 Cole, Cordelia Throop, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Cole, Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Collier, Ada Langworthy, 
 
 Poet. 
 Collins, Delia, 
 
 Educa tor and philanthropist. 
 Collins, Emily Parmely, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Collins, Laura Sedgwick, 
 
 Amateur actor and reader. 
 Collins, Miriam O'Leary, 
 
 Actor. 
 Colman, Julia, 
 
 Temperance educator. 
 Colman, Lucy Newhall, 
 
 Anti-slaverv agitator. 
 Comfort, Anna Manning, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Conant, Frances Augusta, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Conant, Harriet Beecher, 
 
 Physician. 
 Cone, Helen Gray, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Conklin, Jane Elizabeth D., 
 
 Poet. 
 Connelly, Celia Logan, 
 
 Dramatist and author. 
 Connelly, Emma M., 
 
 Author. 
 Conner, Eliza Archard, 
 
 Journalist and lecturer. 
 Conner, Elizabeth Marney, 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Converse, Harriet Maxwell, 
 
 Author and philanthropist. 
 Conway, Clara, 
 
 Educator. 
 Conway, Katherine Eleanor, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Cook, Amelia Josephine, 
 
 Litterateur. 
 Cook, May A., 
 
 Pianist. 
 Cooke, Rose Terry, 
 
 Author, 
 
 Cooke, Susan G., 
 
 Business woman. 
 Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 
 
 Poet and librarian. 
 Cooley, Emily M. J., 
 
 Religious worker. 
 Coolidge, Harriet Abbot L., 
 
 Philanthropist and reforme:: 
 Coolidge, Susan. 
 
 Author. 
 Cooper, Sarah Brown, 
 
 Kindergartner and author. 
 Copp, Helen Rankin, 
 
 Sculptor. 
 Cornelius, Mary A., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Cornell, Ellen Frances. 
 
 Poet. 
 Coronel, Seiiora M. W. de, 
 
 Indian curio collector. 
 Cory, Florence Elizabeth, 
 
 Industrial designer. 
 Cotes, Sara Jeannette Duncan, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Coues, Mary Emily Bennett, 
 
 Social reformer. 
 Couzins, Phoebe, 
 
 Lawyer and U. S. marshall. 
 Coyriere, E. Miriam, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Crabtree, Lotta, 
 
 Actor. 
 Craig, Charity Rusk, 
 
 Relief Corps worker. 
 Crane, Mary Helen Peck, 
 
 Church worker. 
 Crane, Mrs. Ogden, 
 
 Singer and educator. 
 Crane, Sibylla Bailey, 
 
 Composer. 
 Cranmer, Emma A., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Crawford, Alice Arnold, 
 
 Poet. 
 Crawford, Mrs. John, 
 
 Newspaper correspondent. 
 Crawford, Mary J., 
 
 Church worker. 
 Croly, Jennie Cunningham, 
 
 Pipn^er woman journalist. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Crosby, Fanny J., 
 
 Song-writer. 
 Cross, Kate Smeed, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Cruger, Mary, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Cruger, S. Van Rensselaer, 
 
 Novelist and social leader. 
 Cuinet, Louise Adele, 
 
 Doctor of dental surgery. 
 Culton, Jessie F., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Cumings, Elizabeth. 
 
 Novelist. 
 Cummings, Alma Carrie, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Cummins, Mary Stuart, 
 
 Educator. 
 Cunningham, Annie Sinclair, 
 
 Religious worker. 
 Cunningham, Susan J., 
 
 Educator. 
 Cunnyngham, Elizabeth L., 
 
 Missionary worker. 
 Curran, Ida M., 
 
 Journahst and editor. 
 Curtis, Martha E. Sewall, 
 
 Woman sulTragist. 
 Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 
 
 Actor. 
 Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 
 
 Author. 
 Dabbs, Ellen Lawson, 
 
 Physician. 
 Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 
 
 Author and social leader. 
 Dailey, Charlotte Field, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Dall, Caroline Wells, 
 
 Author. 
 Dana, Olive Eliza, 
 
 Litterateur. 
 Daniels, Cora Linn, 
 
 Author. 
 Dannelly, Elizabeth Otis, 
 
 Poet. 
 Dare, Ella, 
 
 Lecturer and journalist. 
 Darling, Alice O., 
 
 Darling, Flora Adams, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Dauvray, Helen, 
 
 Actor. 
 Davenport, Fanny Lily Gipsy, 
 
 Actor. 
 Davis, Ida May, 
 
 Litterateur. 
 Davis, Jessie Bartlett, 
 
 Prima donna contralto. 
 Davis, Minnie S., 
 
 .Author and mental scientist. 
 Davis, Minta S. A., 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Davis, Mollie Evelyn Moore, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Davis, Rebecca Harding, 
 
 Author. 
 Davis, Sarah IlifF, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Davis, Varina Anne. 
 
 Daughter of JeiTerson Davis. 
 Davis, Varina Howell, 
 
 Widow of Jefferson Davis. 
 Davis, Virginia Meriwether, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Dawes, .\nna Laurens, 
 
 Author. 
 Dayton, Elizabeth, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Decca, Marie, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 De Fere, A. Lilsner, 
 
 Musician and voice-trainer. 
 De Jarnette, Evelyn M., 
 
 Author. 
 Deland, Margaret, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 Deletombe, Alice S., 
 
 Poet. 
 Devoe, Emma Smith, 
 
 Woman sutfragist. 
 Deyo, Rev. Amanda, 
 
 Peacf advocate. 
 Diaz, Abby Morton, 
 
 Industrial reformer. 
 Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth, 
 
 Orator, playwright and actor. 
 Dickinson, Susan E., 
 
 Journalist, 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OP THE CENTURY. 
 
 Dicklow, Adelaide Lynn, 
 
 Educator. 
 Diehl, Cora Victoria, 
 
 Register of deeds. 
 Dieudonne, Florence C, 
 
 Litterateur. 
 Diggs, Annie Le Porte, 
 
 Politician and journalist. 
 Dight, Mar}' A. G., 
 
 Physician. 
 Dillaye, Blanche, 
 
 Artist. 
 Dix, Dorothea L., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Dixon, Mary J. Scarlett, 
 
 Physician. 
 Dodd, Anna Bowman, 
 
 Author. 
 Dodds, Susanna Way, 
 
 Physician. 
 Dodge, Grace Hoadley, 
 
 Educational reformer. 
 Dodge, Hannah P., 
 
 Educator. 
 Dodge, Mary Abigail, 
 
 Author. 
 Dodge, Mary Mapes, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Dodson, Caroline Matilda, 
 
 Physician. 
 Doe, Mary L., 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Dole, Phebe Cobb Larry, 
 
 Poet. 
 Donlevy, Alice, 
 
 Artist and writer on art. 
 Donnell}', Eleanor Cecilia, 
 
 Poet. 
 Doolittle, Lucy Salisbury, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Dorr, Julia C. R., 
 
 Poet. 
 Dorsey, Anna Hanson, 
 
 Author. 
 Dorsey, Ella Loraine, 
 
 Author. 
 Dortch, Ellen J., 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Doughty, Eva Craig Graves, 
 
 Journalist. 
 
 Douglas, Alice May, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Douglas, Amanda Minnie, 
 
 Author. 
 Douglas, Lavantia Densmore, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Dow, Cornelia M., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Dow, Mary E. H. G., 
 
 Financier. 
 Dowd, Mary Alice, 
 
 Poet and educator. 
 Downs, Sallie Ward, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Drake, Mary Eveline, 
 
 Minister and church worker. 
 Drake, Priscilla Holmes, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Dreier, Christine Nielson, 
 
 Concert and oratorio singer. 
 Drew, Mrs. John, 
 
 Actor. 
 Du Bose, Miriam Howard, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Dudley, Sarah Marie, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Dufour, Amanda Louise R., 
 
 Poet. 
 Dunham, Emma Bedelia, 
 
 Poet. 
 Dunham, Marion Howard. 
 
 Christian socialist. 
 Duniway, Abigail Scott, 
 
 Editor. 
 Dunlap, Mary J., 
 
 Physician. 
 Durgin, Harriet Thayer, 
 
 Artist. 
 Durgin, Lyle, 
 
 Artist. 
 Durley, Ella Hamilton, 
 
 Educator and journalist. 
 Durrell, Irene Clark, 
 
 Educator. 
 Dussuchal, Eugenie, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Dwyer, Bessie Agnes, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Dye, Mary Irene Clark, 
 
 Reformer. 
 
IMdex of a woman of THF CFNTVRV. 
 
 Djer, Clara L. Brown, 
 
 Artist. 
 Dyer, Julia Knowlton, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Ea^le, Mary Kavanaugh, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Eames, Emma Hayden, 
 
 Operatic sing;er. 
 East, Mrs. Edward H., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Eastman, Elaine Goodale, 
 
 Poet. 
 Eddy, Sara Hershey, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Eddy, Sarah Stoddard, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Edgar, Elizabeth, 
 
 Educator. 
 Edholm, Mary G. Charlton, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Edwards, Anna Cheney, 
 
 Educator. 
 Edwards, Emma Atwood, 
 
 Educator, 
 liggleston, Allegra, 
 
 Artist. 
 Elliott, Maud Howe, 
 
 Novelist. 
 EUsler, Effie, 
 
 Actor. 
 iTlmore, Lucie Ann Morrison, 
 
 rempcrance reformer. 
 Emerson, Ellen Russell, 
 
 Author. 
 Engle, Addie C. Strong, 
 
 Author. 
 Esmond, Rhoda Anna, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Esly, Alice May, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Evans, Lizzie P. E., 
 
 Novelist. 
 Eve, Maria Louise, 
 
 Poet. 
 Everhard, Caroline McC, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Kvving, Catherine A. Fay, 
 
 Educator. 
 Ewing, I'.mma P., 
 
 Apostle of good cooking. 
 
 Eyster, Nellie Blessing, 
 
 Author. 
 Fairbanks, Constance, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Fairbanks, Elizabeth B., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Fairchild, Maria Augusta, 
 
 Doctor of medicine. 
 Fall, Anna Christy, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Farmer, Lydia Hoyt, 
 
 Author. 
 Fawcett, Mar>' S., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Fay, Amy, 
 
 Musician and author. 
 Fearing, Lillian Blanche, 
 
 Lawyer and poet. 
 Felton, Rebecca Latimer, 
 
 Orator. 
 Fenner, Mary Galentine, 
 
 Author. 
 Ferree, Susan Frances Nelson, 
 
 Journalist and reformer. 
 Ficklen, Bessie Alexander. 
 
 Social leader. 
 Field, Kate, 
 
 P-ditor and lecturer. 
 Field, Martha R., 
 
 Journ;ilist. 
 Fifield, Stella A. Gaines, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Filiey, Mary A. Powers, 
 
 Suffragist and stock-farmer. 
 Fillmore, Abigail Powers, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Finley, Martha, 
 
 Author. 
 Fisher, Anna A., 
 
 P'ducator. 
 F'isher, Rebecca Jane G., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Fiske, P'idelia, 
 
 Missionary. 
 Fletcher, Alice Cunningham, 
 
 Ethnologist. 
 Fletcher, Lisa Anne, 
 
 Poet. 
 Foley, Margaret E., 
 
 Sculptor. 
 
INDEX OP A IVOMAN OF THE CENTUR Y. 
 
 Foltz, Clara Shortridge, 
 
 Orator and lawyer. 
 Fonda, Mary Alice, 
 
 Musician and linguist. 
 Foote, Mary Hallock, 
 
 Author and artist. 
 Ford, Miriam Chase, 
 
 Musician and journalist. 
 Forney, Tillie May, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Foster, J. Ellen Horton, 
 
 Lawyer and politician. 
 Foster, Susie E., 
 
 Author '^nd philanthropist. 
 Fox worthy, Alice S., 
 
 Educator. 
 Frackleton, Susan Stuart, 
 
 Artist and inventor. 
 Frame, Esther Gordon, 
 
 Minister and evangelist. 
 Francis, Louise E., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Frank, Rachel, 
 
 Author. 
 Franklin, Gertrude, 
 
 Singer and educator. 
 Fray, Ellen Sulley, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Frazier, Martha M., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Freeman, Mattie A., 
 
 Freethinker and lecturer. 
 Fremont, Jessie Benton, 
 
 Social leader. 
 French, Alice, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Frisby, Almah J., 
 
 Physician. 
 Frissell, Seraph, 
 
 Physician. 
 Fry, Elizabeth Turner, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 F"ry, Emma V. Sheridan, 
 
 Actor and playwright. 
 Fry, Laura Ann, 
 
 Artist. 
 P^ryatt, Frances Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Furber, Aurilla, 
 
 Poet. 
 
 Furman, Myrtie E., 
 
 Professor of elocution. 
 Fussell, Susan, 
 
 Educator and army nurse. 
 Gage, Frances Dana, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Gaines, Myra Clark, 
 
 Heiress. 
 Gale, Ada Iddings, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Galpin, Kate Tupper, 
 
 Educator. 
 Gannett, Abbie M., 
 
 Author. 
 Gardner, Anna, 
 
 Anti-slavery agitator. 
 Gardener, Helen H., 
 
 Scientist and author. 
 Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Garner, Eliza A., 
 
 Educator. 
 Gause, Nora Trueblood, 
 
 Humanitarian. 
 Gavitt, Elmina M. Roys, 
 
 Physician. 
 George, Lydia A., 
 
 Army nurse. 
 Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Gibbs, Eleanor Churchill, 
 
 Educator. 
 Gibson, Eva Katherine Clapp, 
 
 Author. 
 Gilbert, Linda, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Gilbert, Ruby I., 
 
 Business woman. 
 Gilchrist, Rosetta Luce, 
 
 Physician, author and poet. 
 Gilder, Jeanuette Leonard, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Giles, Anne H., 
 
 Philanthropist, 
 Giles, Ella A., 
 
 Author. 
 Gillespie, Eliza Maria, 
 
 Religious devotee. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 GilleUe, L. Fidelia Woolley, 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Gleasoii, Rachel Brooks, 
 
 Physician. 
 Goft", Harriet Newell Kneeland, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Gokithwaite, Lucy Virginia, 
 
 Author. 
 Gooch, Fanny Chambers, 
 
 Author. 
 Goodale, Dora Read, 
 
 Poet. 
 Goodrich, Mary Hopkins, 
 
 Village improver. 
 Goodwin, Mrs. H. B., 
 
 Novelist. 
 Goodwin, Lavina Stella, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Gordon, Anna A., 
 
 Author. 
 Gordon, Elizabeth P., 
 
 Temperance advocate. 
 Gordon, Laura De Force, 
 
 Lawyer and journalist. 
 Gordon, S. Anna, 
 
 Physician and author. 
 Gorton, Cynthia M. R., 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Gougar, Helen M., 
 
 Orator and woman suftragist, 
 Gould, Elizabeth Porter, 
 
 Critic and author. 
 Gould, Ellen M., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Gower, Lillian Norton, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Goza, Anne, 
 
 Humorist. 
 Granberv, Virginia, 
 
 Artist.' 
 Granger, Lottie E., 
 
 Educator and school official. 
 Grant, Julia Dent, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Graser, Hulda Regina, 
 
 Customhouse broker. 
 Graves, Adelia C, 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Graves, Mary H., 
 
 Unitarian minister. 
 
 Gray, Jennie T., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Gray, Mary Tenney, 
 
 Editor and philanthropist. 
 Greatorex, Eliza, 
 
 Artist. 
 Green, Anna Katharine, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Green, Julia Boynton, 
 
 Poet, 
 Green, Mary E., 
 
 Physician. 
 Greene, Belle C, 
 
 Author. 
 Greene, Frances Nimmo, 
 
 Educator. 
 Greene, Louisa Morton, 
 
 Reformer and author. 
 Greene, Mary A., 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Greenlcaf, Jean Brooks, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Greenwood, Elizabeth W., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Greenwood, Grace, 
 
 Author. 
 Gregory, Elizabeth Goadby, 
 
 Author. 
 Gregorv, Mary Rogers, 
 
 Artist. 
 Grew, Mary, 
 
 Anti-slavery agitator. 
 Griffith, Eva Kinney, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Griffith, Mary Lillian, 
 
 Philanthropist and author. 
 Grimke, Sarah Moore, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Grinnell, Katherine Van A., 
 
 Religious worker. 
 Grisham, Sadie Park, 
 
 liducator and office-holder. 
 Griswold, P'rances Irene B., 
 
 Author. 
 Griswold, HattieTyng, 
 
 Author aiul poet. 
 Groenevelt, Sara, 
 
 Litterateur. 
 Grubb, Sophronia F. N., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Guiney, Louise Imogen, 
 
 Poet and essayist. 
 Gulick, Alice Gordon, 
 
 Missionary. 
 Gustafson, Zadel Barnes, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Gutelius, Jean Harrower, 
 
 Artist and business woman. 
 Guzman, Marie Ester, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Haensler, Arminta Victoria S., 
 
 Physician. 
 Hager, Lucie Caroline, 
 
 Author. 
 Hahr, Emma, 
 
 Pianist and composer. 
 Hall, Lucy M., 
 
 Physician. 
 Hall, Margaret Thompson, 
 
 Educator and correspondent. 
 Hall, Mary, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Hall, Pauline, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Hall, Sarah C., 
 
 Physician. 
 Hall, Sarah Elizabeth, 
 
 Educator. 
 Hamilton, Anna J., 
 
 Educator and journalist. 
 Hamm, Margherita Arlina, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Hammer,'Arina Maria Nichols, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Hammond, Loretta Mann, 
 
 Physician. 
 Hammond, Mary Virginia S., 
 
 World's Fair manager. 
 Hanaford, Phebe Anne, 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Hanna, Sarah Jackson, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Hapgood, Isabel F., 
 
 Translator and author. • 
 Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, 
 
 Author, lecturer and reformer. 
 Harby, Lee C, 
 
 Author. 
 Harper, Ida A., 
 
 Journalist, 
 
 Harrell, Sarah Carmichael, 
 
 Educator and reformer. 
 Harris, Ethel Hillyer, 
 
 Author. 
 Harrison, Anna Symmes, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Harrison, Caroline Lavinia S., 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Harrison, Constance Cary, 
 
 Author and social leader. 
 Haskell, Harriet Newell, 
 
 Educator. 
 Haswin, Frances R., 
 
 Musician, composer and actor. 
 Hatch, Mary R. P., 
 
 Poet and story writer. 
 Hauk, Minnie, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Haven, Mary Emerson 
 
 Educator. 
 Hawes, Charlotte W., 
 
 Composer and lecturer. 
 Hawes, Flora Harrod, 
 
 Postmaster. 
 Hawes, Franc P., 
 
 Artist, 
 Hawks, Annie Sherwood, 
 
 Poet and hymn writer. 
 Hawley, Frances Mallette, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Hayes, Lucy W^are Webb, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Haynes, Lorenza, 
 
 Minister. 
 Hayward, Mary E. Smith, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Hazard, Rebecca N., 
 
 Philanthropist and suffragist 
 Hazelrigg, Clara H., 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Head, Ozella Shields, I 
 
 Author. 
 Hearne, Mercedes Leigh, 
 
 Amateur actor. 
 Heaton, Eliza Putnam, 
 
 Journalist and editor. 
 Heinsohn, Dora Henninges, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Helm, Lucinda Barbour, 
 
 Author. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Henderson, Augusta A. Fox, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Henderson, l-'rances Cox, 
 
 Author and philanthropist. 
 Hendricks, Eliza C. Morgan, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Henry, Josephine Kirby W., 
 
 Woman sufiragist. 
 Henry, Sarepta M. I., 
 
 Evangelist and reformer. 
 Henschel, Lillian Bailev, 
 
 Vocalist. 
 Herrick, Christine Terhune, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Hersom, Jane Lord, 
 
 Physician. 
 Hewitt, Emma Churchman, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Hibbard, Grace, 
 
 Author. 
 Hibler, Nellie, 
 
 Musical educator. 
 Hickman, Mary Catharine, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Hicks, Mary Dana, 
 
 Art educator. 
 Higginson, Ella Rhoads, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Hiles, Osia Joslyn, 
 
 Philanthropi.st and poet. 
 Hill, .Agnes Leonard, 
 Author. 
 (^Hill, Eliza Trask, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Q.linman, Ida, 
 
 , Litterateur and journalist. 
 Qo irschberg, Alice, 
 
 ■ Artist. 
 Q litchcock, Mary Antoinette, 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Hobart, Sarah Dyer, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Hodgin, Emily Caroline C, 
 
 Temi)erance reformer. 
 Hodgkins, Louise Manning, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Hoel, Libbie Reach, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Hortman, Clara Cleghorn, 
 Temperance worker. 
 
 Hoffman, Sophia Curtiss, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Hogue, Lydia Evans, 
 
 Educator. 
 Holcombe, Elizabeth J., 
 
 Physician. 
 Holley, Marietta, 
 
 Humorist. 
 Hollister. Lillian, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Holmes, Georgiana Klingle, 
 
 Poet. 
 Holmes, Jennie Florella, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Holmes, Mary Eniilie, 
 
 Educator and scientist. 
 Holmes, Mary Emma, 
 
 Woman sufiragist. 
 Holmes, Mary Jane, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 
 Lecturer and suffragist. 
 Hooper, Lucy Hamilton, 
 
 Poet and journalist. 
 Hosmer, Harriet G., 
 
 Sculptor. 
 Houghton, Alice, 
 
 Broker. 
 Houghton, Mary Haye'- 
 
 Journalist. 
 Housh, Esther . 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Howard, Belle, 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Howard, Blanche Willis, 
 
 Author. 
 Howard, Elmira Y., 
 
 Physician. 
 Howard, Mary M., 
 
 Musician and educator. 
 Howe, Emeline Harriet. 
 
 Poet. 
 Howe, Julia Ward, 
 
 Poet and philanthropist. 
 Howell, Mary Seymour, 
 Lecturer and sufiragist. 
 Ilowland, Itmily, 
 
 Educator and philanthropisl 
 Hoxie, Viiniie Ream, 
 Sculptor, 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Hudson, Mary Clemmer, 
 
 Journalist and poet. 
 Hughes, Caroline, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Hughes, Kate Duval, 
 
 Author and inventor. 
 Hughes, Marietta E., 
 
 Physician. 
 Hughes, Nina Vera B., 
 
 Author. 
 Huling, Caroline Augusta, 
 
 Journalist and philanthropist 
 Humphrey, Maud, 
 
 Artist. 
 Humphreys, Sarah Gibson, 
 
 Author and woman suft'ragist 
 Hunt, Augusta Merrill, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Hunt, Mary H., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Huntington, Agnes, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Huntley, Florence, 
 
 Journalist and humorist. 
 Huntley, Mary Sutton, 
 
 Church worker. 
 Hurd, Helen Marr, 
 
 Poet. 
 Hurlbut, Harriette Persis, 
 
 Artist. 
 Hussey, Cornelia Collins, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Iliohan, Henrica, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Immen, Loraine, 
 
 Elocutionist and club leader. 
 Ingalls, Eliza B., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Ingham, Mary Bigeiovv, 
 
 Author and religious worker 
 Ireland, Mary E., 
 
 Author. 
 Isaac, Hannah M. Underbill, 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Ives, Alice Emma, 
 
 Dramatist and journalist. 
 Ives, Florence C, 
 
 Journalist, 
 [ack, Annie L., 
 lorticullurist. 
 
 Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Jackson, Katharine Johnson, 
 
 Physician. 
 Jackson, Lily Irene, 
 
 Sculptor, artist and designer. 
 Jacobi, Mary Putnam, 
 
 Physician. 
 James, Annie Laurie Wilson, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Janes, Martha Waldron, 
 . Minister. 
 Jefl'eris, Marea Wood, 
 
 Poet. 
 Jefterson, Martha Wayles, 
 . Wife of president. 
 Jelfery, Isadora Gilbert, 
 
 Poet. 
 Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 Jenkins, Frances C, 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Jenkins, Therese A., 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Jewett, Sarah Orne, 
 
 Author. 
 Johns, Laura M., 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Johnson, Carrie Ashton, 
 
 Editor and author. 
 Johnson, Electa Amanda, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Johnson, Eliza McCardle, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Johnson, E. Pauline, 
 
 Poet. 
 Johnson, Sallie M. Mills, 
 
 Author. 
 Johnston, Adelia Antoinette F. 
 
 Educator. 
 Johnston, Harriet Lane, 
 
 Niece of President Buchanan. 
 Johnston, Maria I., 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Johnston, Marie Decca, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Jones, Amanda T., 
 
 Poet and inventor. 
 Jones, Harriet B., 
 
 Physician, 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Jones, Irma Tlieoda, 
 
 Philaiilhropist. 
 Jones, Jennie \\., 
 
 Poet and story-writer. 
 Jones, May C, 
 
 Baptist minister. 
 Jordan, Cornelia Jane M., 
 
 Poet. 
 Jordan, Elizabeth Garver, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Juch, Emma Johanna Antonia, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Judson, Jennie S., 
 
 Author. 
 Kahn, Ruth Ward, 
 
 Author. 
 Keating, Josephine E., 
 
 Literary critic and niusician. 
 Keezer, Martha Moulton W., 
 
 Author. 
 Keister, Lillie Resler, 
 
 Church worker. 
 Keith, p:iiza D., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Keller, Elizabeth Catharine, 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Kelley, t^lla Maynard, 
 
 Telegraph operator. 
 Kellogg, Clara Louise, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Kemp, Agnes Nininger, 
 
 Physician. 
 Kendrick, Ella Bagnell, 
 
 Temperance woikei. 
 Kepley, Ada Miser, 
 
 Attorney-at-law and minister 
 Keysor, Jeiniie Ellis, 
 
 Educator. 
 Kidd, Lucy Ann, 
 
 Educator. 
 Kimball, Corinne, 
 
 Actor. 
 Kimball, Harriet McEwen, 
 
 Poet. 
 Kimball, Jennie, 
 
 Actor and theatrical manager, 
 Kimball, Maria Porter, 
 
 Elocutionist. 
 King, Julie Rive, 
 
 I'iauo virtuoso. 
 
 Kinney, Narcissa Edith White , 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Kipp, Josephine, 
 
 Author. 
 Kirk, Ellen Olney, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Knapp, Phcebe Palmer, 
 
 Musician and author. 
 Knowles, Ella L., 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Knox, Adeline Trafton, 
 
 Author. 
 Knox, Janette Hill, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Kollock, Florence E., 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Krout, Mary H., 
 
 Poet. 
 Kurt, Katherine, 
 
 Homeopathic physician. 
 La F"elra, Sarah Doan, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 La P'ollette, Belle Case, 
 
 Social leader. 
 La Grange, Magdalene Isadora, 
 
 Poet. 
 Lamb, Martha Joanna, 
 
 Historian and editor. 
 Lamson, Lucy Stedman, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Lange, Mary T., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Langworthy, Elizabeth, 
 
 Public benefactor. 
 Lankton, F"reeda M., 
 
 Physician. 
 Lanza, Marquise Clara, 
 
 Author and social leader. 
 Larcom, Lucy, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Larrabee, Anna Matilda, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Lathrap, Mary Torraiis, 
 
 Poet, preacher and leformer. 
 Lathrop, Clarissa Caldwell, 
 
 Lunacy-law reformer. 
 Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley, 
 
 Author. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Lauder, Maria Elise Turner, 
 
 Author. 
 Lawless, Margaret Wynne, 
 
 Poet. 
 Lawson, Louise, 
 
 Sculptor. 
 Lawson, Mary J., 
 
 Author. 
 Lawton, Henrietta Beebe, 
 
 Musician and educator, 
 Lazarus, Emma, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Leader, Olive Moorman, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Leavitt, Mary Clement, 
 
 Tempe'rance organizer. 
 Leggett, Mary Lydia, 
 
 Minister. 
 Leigh, Mercedes, 
 
 Actor. 
 Leland. Caroline Weaver, 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 Leonard, Anna Byford, 
 
 Sanitary reformer. 
 Leonard, Cynthia H. Van N., 
 
 Philanthropist and author. 
 Le Plongeon. Alice D., 
 
 Archaeologist. 
 Leprohon, Rosanna Eleanor, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 Leslie, Mrs. Frank, 
 
 Publisher. 
 Le Valley, Laura A. Woodin, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Lewing, Adele, 
 
 Pianist. 
 Lewis, Graceanna, 
 
 Naturalist. 
 Lewis, Ida, 
 
 Heroine and life-saver, 
 Lincoln, Martha D., 
 
 Author and journalist, 
 Lincoln, Mary Todd, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Linn, Edith Willis, 
 
 Poet. 
 Linton, Laura A., 
 
 Scientist. 
 Lippincott, Esther J. Trimble, 
 
 Educator and reformer. 
 
 Lippincott, Sara Jane, 
 
 Author. 
 Litchfield, Grace Denio, 
 
 Novelist and poet. 
 Little, Sarah F. Cowles, 
 
 Educator. 
 Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Lockwood, Belva Ann, 
 
 Lawyer and suffragist. 
 Logan, Celia, 
 
 Journalist and dramatist. 
 Logan, Mary Cunningham, 
 
 Editor and social leader. 
 Longshore, Hannah E,, 
 
 Physician. 
 Loop, Jennette Shephard H., 
 
 Artist. 
 Lord, Elizabeth W. Russell, 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 Lothrop, Harriett M., 
 
 Author. 
 Loud, Hulda Barker, 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Longhead, Flora Haines, 
 
 Author. 
 Lowe, Martha Perry, 
 
 Poet. 
 Lowman, Mary D., 
 
 Municipal officer. 
 Lozier, Jennie de la Montagnie, 
 
 Physician. 
 Lukens, Anna, 
 
 Physician. 
 Lummis, Dorothea, 
 
 Physician. 
 Lutz, Adelia Armstrong, 
 
 Artist and art-teacher. 
 Lynde, Mary Elizabeth B., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Lyon. Anne Bozeman, 
 
 Author. 
 Lyon, Mary, 
 
 Educator. 
 McAvoy, Emma, 
 
 Author and lecturer. 
 McCabe, Harriet Calista Clark, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 McCabe, Lida Rose, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Mace, Frances Laughton, 
 
 Poet. 
 McClain, Louise Bowman, 
 
 Author. 
 McComas, Alice Moore, 
 
 Author. 
 McCracken, Annie Virginia, 
 
 Author. 
 McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 McElroy, Mary Arthur, 
 
 Sister of President Arthur. 
 MacGahan, Barbara, 
 
 Autlior and journalist. 
 McGee, Alice G., 
 
 Lawyer. 
 McHenry, Mary Sears, 
 
 Relief Corps worker. 
 McKinley, Ida Saxton, 
 
 Social leader. 
 McKinney, Jane Amy, 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 McKinney, Kate Slaughter, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 McManus, Emily Julian, 
 
 Poet. 
 McMurdo, Katharine Albert, 
 
 Social leader. 
 McPherson, Lydia Starr, 
 
 Poet, author and journalist. 
 Madison, Dorothy Payne, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Mallory, Lucy A., 
 
 Editor. 
 Manning, Jessie Wilson, 
 
 Author and lecturer. 
 Manville, Helen Adelia, 
 
 Poet. 
 Marble, Callie Bonney, 
 
 Author. 
 Marble, Ella M. S., 
 
 Journalist and educator. 
 Maik, Nellie v., 
 
 Physician. 
 Markschefiel, Louise, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Marlowe, Julia, 
 
 Actor. 
 Marsh, Alice Esty, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 
 Marshall, Joanna, 
 
 Poet. 
 Mather, Margaret, 
 
 Actor. 
 Mather, Sarah Ann, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Mee, Cassie Ward, 
 
 Labor champion. 
 Meech, Jeannetle Du Eois, 
 
 Evangelist and educator. 
 Melville, Velma Caldwell, 
 
 Author. 
 Meriwether, Lide, 
 
 Author and lecturer. 
 Merrick, Caroline Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Merrick, Sarah Newcomb, 
 
 Educator. 
 Merrill, Helen Maud, 
 
 Litterateur. 
 Merrill, Margaret Manton, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Messenger, Lillian Rozell, 
 
 Poet. 
 Meyer, Annie Nathan, 
 
 Author. 
 Michel, Nettie Leila, 
 
 Editor. 
 Millar, Clara Smart, 
 
 Singer and musical educator. 
 Miller, Addie Dickman, 
 
 Inventor. 
 Miller, Annie Jeiniess, 
 
 Dress-reformer. 
 Miller, Dora Richards, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Miller, Elizabeth, 
 
 IMiysician. 
 Miller, Emily Huntington, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Miller, Mary A., 
 
 Editor. 
 Miller, Minnie Willis Baines, 
 
 Author. 
 Miller, Olive Thome, 
 
 Author and naturalist. 
 Milne, Frances M., 
 
 Author. 
 Minis, Sue Harper 
 
 Social leader. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Miner, Jean Pond, 
 
 Sculptor. 
 Mitchell, Maria, 
 
 Astronomer. 
 Mitchell, Marion Juliet, 
 
 Poet. 
 Mitchell, Martha Reed, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Modjeska, Helena, 
 
 Actor. 
 Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Monroe, Harriet Earhart, 
 
 Lecturer and educator. 
 Montgooiery, Carrie F. J., 
 
 Church worker and poet. 
 Moody, Helen Watterson, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Moody, Mary Blair, 
 
 Physician. 
 Moore, Aubertine Woodward, 
 
 Musical critic and translaloi. 
 Moore, Clara Jessup, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 Moore, Henrietta G., 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 Moore, Marguerite, 
 
 Orator ancl patriot. 
 Moore, Sarah Wool, 
 
 Artist. 
 Moore, Susanne Vandegrift, 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Moots, Cornelia Moore C, 
 
 Temperance evangelist. 
 Moreland, Mary L., 
 
 Congregational minister. 
 Morgan, Anne Eugenia Felicia, 
 
 Professor of philosophy. 
 Morgan, Maria, 
 
 Live-stock reporter. 
 Morgan, Maud, 
 
 Harpist. 
 Morris, Clara, 
 
 Actor. 
 Morris, Ellen Douglas, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Morris, Esther, 
 
 Justice of the Peace. » 
 Morse, Alice Cordelia, 
 
 Artist and designer. 
 
 Morse, Rebecca A., 
 
 Club leader. 
 Mortimer, Mary, 
 
 Educator. 
 Morton, Anna Livingston S., 
 
 Social leader. 
 Morton, Eliza Happy, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Morton, Martha, 
 
 Author and playwright. 
 Mott, Lucretia, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Moulton, Louise Chandler, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Mountcastle, Clara H., 
 
 Artist and author. 
 Mowry, Martha H., 
 
 Physician. 
 Mumaugh, Frances Miller, 
 
 Artist. 
 Murdoch, Marion, 
 
 Minister. 
 Murhee, Mary Noailles, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Murphy, Claudia Quigley, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Nash, Clara Holmes Hapgood, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Nash, Mary Louise, 
 
 Educator. 
 Nason, Emma Huntington, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Navarro, Mme. Antonio, 
 
 Actor. 
 Neblett, Ann Viola, 
 
 Temperance woiker. 
 Nevada, Emma Wixon, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Newell, Harriet Atwood, 
 
 Pioneer missionary worker. 
 Newell, Laura Emeline, 
 
 Song-writer. 
 Newman, Angelia F., 
 
 Church worker. 
 Newport, Elfreda Louise, 
 
 Universalist minister. 
 NichoUs, Rhoda Holmes, 
 
 Artist. 
 Nichols, Josephine Ralston, 
 
 Lecturer. 
 
INDE^ OP A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Nichols, Minerva Parker, 
 
 Architect. 
 Nicholson, Eliza J., 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Nieriker, May Alcott, 
 
 Artist. 
 Nixon, Jennie Caldwell, 
 
 Educator. 
 Noble, Edna Chaffee, 
 
 Elocutionist. 
 Nobles, Catharine, 
 
 Club woman. 
 Norraikow, Countess Ella, 
 
 Author. 
 Northrop, Celestia Joslin, 
 
 Vocalist. 
 Norton, Delia Whitnej', 
 
 Author and christian scientist 
 Norton, Minerva Brace, 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Norton, Morilla M., 
 
 Specialist in French literature 
 Nourse, Laura A. Sunderlin, 
 
 Poet. 
 Nowell, Mildred E., 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Oberholtzer, S. L. Vickers, 
 
 Poet and economist. 
 O'Donnell, Jessie Fremont, 
 
 Author. 
 , 'Doinicll, Martha R., 
 ^ ■ Ynnperance worker. 
 , rDoiniell, Nellie, 
 
 Educator. 
 Ohl, Maude Andrews, 
 
 Poet and journalist. 
 O'Keefi'e, Katharine A., 
 
 Educator and lecturer. 
 Oldham, Marie Augusta, 
 
 Missionary worker. 
 Oliver, Grace Atkinson, 
 
 Author. 
 Oliver, Martha Capps, 
 
 Poet. 
 Olmsted, Elizabeth Martha, 
 
 Poet. 
 Orff, Annie L. Y., 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Ormsby, Mary Frost, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 
 Orum, Julia Anna, 
 
 Educator. 
 Osgood, Marion, 
 
 Violinist and composer. 
 Ossoli, Sarah Margaret Fuller, 
 
 Educator and philosopher. 
 Otis, Eliza A., 
 
 Poet and journalist. 
 Overstolz, Philippine E. Von, 
 
 Musician, linguist and artist. 
 Owen, Ella Seaver, 
 
 Artist and decorator. 
 Owen, Mary Alicia, 
 
 Folk-lore student and author. 
 Owler, Martha Tracy, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Palmer, Alice Freeman, 
 . Educator. 
 Palmer, Anna Campbell, 
 
 Author. 
 Palmer, Bertha Honore, 
 . Social leader. 
 Palmer, Fanny Purdy, 
 
 Author. 
 Palmer, Hannah Borden, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Pappenheim, Eugenie, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Parker, Alice, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Parker, Helen Almena, 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Parkhurst, PlmelieT. Y. Swett, 
 
 Poet ancl author. 
 Parton, Sara Payson Willis, 
 
 Author. 
 Patterson, Minnie Ward, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Patterson, Virginia Shaipe, 
 
 Author. 
 Patti, Adelina, 
 
 Prima donna. 
 Patton, Abby Hutchinson, 
 
 Singer and i)oet. 
 Peabody, lilizahcth Palmer, 
 
 Educator and iihihmthropist. 
 Pcattie, Elia Wilkinson, 
 
 Author, and journalist. 
 Peck, Annie Smith, 
 
 Archit'ologist and educator. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Peckham, Lucy Creemer, 
 
 Physician. 
 Peeke, Margaret Bloodgood, 
 
 Author. 
 Peirce, Frances EHzabeth, 
 
 Elocutionist and educator. 
 Perkins, Sarah Maria Clinton, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Perley, Mary Elizabeth, 
 
 Educator and poet. 
 Perry, Carlotta, 
 
 Poet. 
 Perrv, Nora, 
 
 Poet. 
 Peters, Alice E. H., 
 
 Church worker. 
 Pettet, Isabella M., 
 
 Physician. 
 Phillips, L. Vance, 
 
 Artist. 
 Phillips, Maude Gillette, 
 
 Author. 
 Piatt, Sarah Morgan Bryan, 
 
 Poet. 
 Picken, Lillian Hoxie, 
 
 fiducator. 
 Pickett, Lasell Carbell, 
 
 Author. 
 Pier, Caroline Hamilton, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Pier, Harriet Hamilton, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Pier, Kate, 
 
 Court commissioner. 
 Pier, Kate Hamilton, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 Pierce, Elizabeth Cumings, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Pierce, Jane Means Appleton, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Pitblado, Euphemia Wilson, 
 
 Church worker. 
 Pittsinger, Eliza A., 
 
 Poet. 
 Plimpton, Hannah R. Cope, 
 
 Relief Corps worker. 
 Plowman, Idora M., 
 
 Author. 
 Plumb, Mrs. L. H., 
 
 Financier: 
 
 Plunkett, Harriette M., 
 
 Sanitary reformer. 
 Polk, Sarah Childress, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Pollard, Josephine, 
 
 Poet atid author. 
 Pollock, Louise, 
 
 Pioneer kindergartner. 
 Pomeroy, Genie Clark, 
 
 Author. 
 Pond, Nella Brown, 
 
 Dramatic reader. 
 Poole, Hester Martha, 
 
 Author, artist and critic. 
 Pope, Cora Scott Pond, 
 
 Pageant organizer. 
 Pope, Marion Manville, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Porter, Alice Hobbins, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Porter, Florence Collins, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Porter, Rose, 
 
 Religious novelist. 
 Post, Amalia Barney Simons, 
 
 Woman suflragist. 
 Post, Caroline Lathrop, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Post, Sarah E., 
 
 Physician. 
 Potter, Cora Urquhart, 
 
 Actor. 
 Potter, Jennie O'Neil, 
 
 Actor. 
 Potts, Anna M. Longshore, 
 
 Physician. 
 Powell, Maud, 
 
 Virtuoso violinist. 
 Pratt, Hannah T., 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Preston, Ann, 
 
 Physician. 
 Preston, Margaret Junkin, 
 
 Poet. 
 Pritchard, Esther Tuttle, 
 
 Minister and editor. 
 Proctor, Mary Virginia, 
 
 Journalist and philanthropist, 
 Prosser, Anna Weed, 
 
 Evangelist, 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Pruit, Willie Franklin, 
 
 Poet. 
 Pugh, Esther, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Pullen, Sue Vesta, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Putnam, Sarah A. Brock, 
 
 Author. 
 (Juinlon, Amelia Stone, 
 
 President Indian Association. 
 Ragsdaie, Lulah, 
 
 Poet, novelist and actor. 
 Ralston, Harriet Newell, 
 
 Poet. 
 Rambaut, Mary L. Bonney, 
 
 Educator. 
 Ramsey, Lulu A., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Ransford, Nettie, 
 
 Matron Eastern Star. 
 Rathbun, Harriet M., 
 
 Author and business woman. 
 Ray, Rachel Beasley, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Raymond, Annie Louise Cary, 
 
 Contralto singer. 
 Ra\ inond, Carrie Isabelle Rice, 
 
 Musician and educator. 
 Raymond, Emma Marcy, 
 
 Musical composer. 
 Rayner, Emily C, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Read, Elizabeth C. Bunnell, 
 
 Journalist and suffragist. 
 Read, Jane Maria, 
 
 Poet and artist. 
 Reed, Caroline Keating, 
 
 Pianist. 
 Reed, Florence Campbell, 
 
 Author. 
 Reese, Lizette Wood worth. 
 
 Poet. 
 Reese, Mary Bynon, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Rehan, Ada C, 
 
 Actor. 
 Reinertsen, E. M. Alexander, 
 
 Writer of prose .sketches. 
 Renfrew, Carrie, 
 
 foet and biographer. 
 
 Reno, Itti Kinney, 
 
 Novelist and social leader. 
 Rhodes, Laura Andrews, 
 
 Musician and opera singer. 
 Rice, Alice May Bates, 
 
 Soprano singer. 
 Rich, Helen Hinsdale, 
 
 Poet. 
 Richards, Ellen Henrietta, 
 
 Educator and chemist. 
 Richardson, Hester Dorsey, 
 
 Author. 
 Richmond, Euphcmia Johnson, 
 
 Author. 
 Richmond, Lizzie R., 
 
 Business woman. 
 Ricker, Manilla I\L, 
 
 Lawyer and political writer. 
 Riggs, AiHia Rankin, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Ripley, Martha George, 
 
 I'hvsician. 
 Ripley, Mary A., 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Ritchie, Anna Cora Mowatt, 
 
 Author and actor. 
 Rittenhouse, Laura Jacinta, 
 
 Author. 
 Roach, Aurelia, 
 
 P2ducator. 
 Roberts, Ada Palmer, 
 
 Poet. 
 Robertson, Georgia T., 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Robinson, Abbie C. B., 
 
 Editor and political writer. 
 Robinson, Fannie Ruth, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Robinson, Harriet Hanson, 
 
 Author. 
 Robinson, Jane Bancroft, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Robinson, Leora Bettison, 
 
 Author. 
 Roby, Ida Hall, 
 
 Pharmacist. 
 Roby, Lelia P., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Roge, Charlotte Fiske Bates, 
 
 Author, critic and educator. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OP THE CENTURY. 
 
 Rogers, Effie Louise Hoffman, 
 
 Educator. 
 Rogers, Emma Winner, 
 
 Author. 
 Rogers, Mary Fletcher, 
 
 Author. 
 Rohlfs, Anna Katharine Green, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 Rollins, Alice Wellington, 
 
 Author. 
 RoUston, Adelaide Day, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Rose, Ellen Alida, 
 
 Agriculturist and suffragist. 
 Rose, Martha Parmalee, 
 
 Author aTid reformer. 
 Rosewald, Julie, 
 
 Vocalist. 
 Ross, Virginia Evelyn, 
 
 Author. 
 Rothwell, Annie, 
 
 Poet. 
 Routt, Eliza Franklin, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Rude, Ellen Sergeant, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Ruggles, Theo Alice, 
 
 Sculptor. 
 Runcie, C. Faunt Le Roy, 
 
 Poet, pianist and composer. 
 Ruprecht, Jenny Terrill, 
 
 Author. 
 Russell, Elizabeth Augusta S., 
 
 Philanthropist and reformer. 
 Russell, Lillian, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Rutherford, Mildred, 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Ryan, Marah Ellis, 
 
 Author and actor. 
 Sabin, Ella Clara, 
 
 Educator. 
 Safford, Mary Jane, 
 
 Physician and surgeon. 
 Sage, Florence Eleanor, 
 
 Pianist. 
 St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 
 
 Wordsworthian. 
 Sanders, Sue A. Pike, 
 
 National president W. R. C. 
 
 Sanderson, Sybil, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Sandes, Margaret Isabelle, 
 
 Industrial reformer. 
 Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Sartain, Emily, 
 
 Artist and designer. 
 Saunders, Mary A., 
 
 Business woman. 
 Savage, Minnie Stebbins, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Sawyer, Lucy Sargent, 
 
 Missionary worker. 
 Saxon, Elizabeth Lyle, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Schaffer, Margaret Eliza, 
 
 Insurance agent. 
 Schaffner, Ernestine, 
 
 " The prisoner's friend." 
 Scott, Emily Maria, 
 
 Artist. 
 Scott, Marj', 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Scott, Mary Sophia, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Scranton, Lida, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Searing, Florence E., 
 
 Orchestra leader.. 
 Searing, Laura C. Redden, 
 
 Author. 
 Seawell, Molly Elliott, 
 
 Author. 
 Sedgwick, Catherine Maria, 
 
 Author. 
 Seelye, Elizabeth Eggleston, 
 
 Author. 
 Segur, Rosa L., 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Selinger, Emily H. McGary, 
 
 Artist. 
 Serrano, Emelia Benic, 
 
 Operatic singer. 
 Severance, Caroline Maria S., 
 
 Reformer. 
 Severance, Juliet H., 
 
 Physician. 
 Sewall, May Wright, 
 
 Educator and suffragist. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN Of THE CENTURY. 
 
 Seymour, Mary F., 
 
 Law reporter and journalist. 
 Shafcr, Helen Almira, 
 
 Educator. 
 Sharkey, Emma Aujjusta, 
 
 Journalist and story-writer. 
 Shattuck, Harriette Robinson, 
 
 Author and parliamentarian. 
 Shattuck, Lydia White, 
 
 Educator. 
 Shaw, Annie C, 
 
 Artist. 
 Shaw, Anna H., 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Shaw, Cornelia Dean, 
 
 Woman suftVagist. 
 Shaw, Emma, 
 
 Author and traveler. 
 Sheardown, Annie F'illmore, 
 
 Singer and musical educator. 
 Sheldon, Mary French, 
 
 Explorer and traiislator. 
 Shelley, Mary Jane, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Sheridan, Emma V.", 
 
 Actor. 
 Sherman, Eleanor Boyle E., 
 
 Social leader. 
 Sherman, Marrietta R., 
 
 Orchestral leader. 
 Sherwood, Emily Lee, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Sherwood, Kate Brownlce, 
 
 Poet and journalist. 
 Sherwood, Mary Elizabeth, 
 
 Author and social leader. 
 Sherwood, Rosina Emmet, 
 
 Artist. 
 Shoafl", Carrie M., 
 
 Artist and inventor. 
 Shoemaker, Rachel H., 
 
 Dramatic elocutionist. 
 Sibley, Jennie E., 
 
 Temjierance worker. 
 Siddons, Mary Frances Scott, 
 
 Actor. 
 Sigourney, Lydia Huntley, 
 
 Author. 
 Siller, Hilda, 
 Poet. 
 
 Simpson, Corelli C. W., 
 
 Poet. 
 Skelton, Henneriette, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Slocum, Jane Mariah, 
 
 Educator. 
 Smedes, Susan Dabney, 
 
 Author and missionary, 
 Smith, Charlotte Louise, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Smith, Elizabeth J., 
 
 Editor. 
 Smith, p;iizabeth Oakes Prince, 
 
 Author. 
 Smith, Emily L. Goodrich, 
 
 Newspaper correspondent. 
 Smith, Emma Pow, 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Smith, PIstelle Turrell, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Smith, Eva Munson, 
 
 Poet and composer. 
 Smith, Fannie Douglass, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Smith, Frances M. Owston, 
 
 Poet. 
 Smith, Genie M., 
 
 Author. 
 Smith, Helen Morton, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Smith, Isabel Elizabeth, 
 
 Artist. 
 Smith, Jeanie Oliver, 
 
 Poet and romancist. 
 Smith, Julia Holmes, 
 
 Physician. 
 Smitli, Luella Dowd, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Smith, Lura Eugenie Brown, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Smith, Martha Pearson, 
 
 Poet and musician. 
 Smith, ALary Belle, 
 
 tlducator. 
 Smith, Marv Louise Riley, 
 
 Poet. 
 Smitii, Mary Stewart, 
 
 Author and translator. 
 Smith, Olive White, 
 
 Author. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Solari, Mary M., 
 
 Artist. 
 Southworth, Emma D. E. N., 
 
 Author. 
 Spalding, Harriet Mabel, 
 
 Poet. 
 Spalding, Susan Marr, 
 
 Poet. 
 Sparhawk, Frances Campbell, 
 
 Author andphilanthropist. 
 Spear, Catherine Swan Brown, 
 
 Reformer and educator. 
 Spencer, Josephine, 
 
 Poet. 
 Spoffbrd, Harriet Prescott, 
 
 Author. 
 Spratt, Louise Parker, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Springer, Rebecca Ruter, 
 
 Author. 
 Spurlock, Isabella S. Davis, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Stafford, Maria B. Brooks, 
 
 Educator. 
 Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 
 
 Reformer and philanthropist 
 Starkey, Jennie O., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Starkweather, Amelia M., 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Starr, Eliza Ellen, 
 
 Poet, author and art critic. 
 Stearns, Betsey Ann, 
 
 Inventor. 
 Stearns, Nellie George, 
 
 Artist. 
 Stearns, Sarah Burger, 
 
 Suffragist and reformer. 
 Stebbins, Catharine A. F., 
 
 Reformer. 
 Steele, Esther B., 
 
 Author. 
 Steele, Rowena Granice, 
 
 Journalist and author. 
 Stein, Evaleen, 
 
 Poet. 
 Steiner, Emma R., 
 
 Musical composer. 
 
 Stephen, Elizabeth Willison, 
 
 Author. 
 Sterling, Antoinette, 
 
 Singer. 
 Stevens, Alzina Parsons, 
 
 Industrial reformer. 
 Stevens, Mrs. E. H., 
 
 Librarian. 
 Stevens, Emily Pitt, 
 
 Educator. 
 Stevens, Lillian M. N., 
 
 Temperance lecturer. 
 Stewart, Eliza Daniel, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Stille, Mary Ingram, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Stirling, Emma Maitland, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Stocker, Corinne, 
 
 Elocutionist and journalist. 
 Stockham, Alice Bunker, 
 
 Physician and author. 
 Stoddard, Anna Elizabeth, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Stoddard, Elizabeth Barstow, 
 
 Author. 
 Stokes, Missouri H., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Stone, Lucinda H., 
 
 Educator. 
 Stone, Lucy, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Stone, Martha Elvira, 
 
 Postmaster. 
 Stott, Mary Perry, 
 
 Business woman. 
 Stowe, Emily H.Jennings, 
 
 Physician. 
 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 
 
 Author. 
 Stowell, Louise Reed, 
 
 Scientist and author. 
 Stranahan, Clara Harrison, 
 
 Author. 
 Straub, Mai'ia, 
 
 Song-writer. 
 Strickland, Martha, 
 
 Attorney-at-law. 
 Strohm, Gertrude, 
 
 Author and compiler. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Sunderland, Eliza Read, 
 
 Educator. 
 Swafford, Martina, 
 
 Poet. 
 Swain, Adeline Morrison, 
 
 Woman sufYragist. 
 Svvarthout, Mrs. M. French, 
 
 Educator. 
 Sweet, Ada Celeste, 
 
 Pension agent. 
 Swenson, Amanda Carlson, 
 
 Soprano singer. 
 Swift, France'' Laura, 
 
 Church worker. 
 Switzer, Lucy Robbins Messer, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Taylor, Esther W., 
 
 Physician. 
 Taylor, Hannah E., 
 
 Poet. 
 Taylor, Margaret, 
 
 Wife ot president. 
 Taylor, Martha Smith, 
 
 Author. 
 Taylor, Sarah Katherine Paine, 
 
 Evangelist. 
 Telford, Maryjewett, 
 
 Army nurse. 
 Terhune, Mary Virginia, 
 
 Author. 
 Thaxter, Celia Laighton, 
 
 Poet. 
 Thayer, Emma Human, 
 
 Author and artist. 
 Thayer, Lizzie E. D., 
 
 Train-dispatcher. 
 Thomas, Edith Matilda, 
 
 Poet. 
 Thomas, Fannie Edgar, 
 
 Author. 
 Thomas, Mary Ann, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Tliompson, Adaline Emerson, 
 
 Educational worker. 
 Thompson, Elizabeth Rowell, 
 
 Philanthropist and reformer. 
 Thompson, Eliza J., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Thomi)son, Eva Griflith, 
 Editor. 
 
 Thompson, Mary Sophia, 
 
 Delsartean instructor. 
 Thorp, Mandaiia Coleman, 
 
 Patriot and public oOicial. 
 Thorpe, Rose Hartwick, 
 
 Poet. 
 Thursbv, Emma Cecilia, 
 
 Singer. 
 Thurston, Martha L. Poland, 
 
 Social leader. 
 Tillon, Lydia H., 
 
 Journalist and reformer. 
 Todd, Adah J., 
 
 Author and educator. 
 Todd, Lelitia Willey, 
 
 Poet. 
 Todd, Mabel Loomis, 
 
 Author. 
 Todd, Marion, 
 
 Political economist. 
 Todd, Minnie J. Terrell, 
 
 Woman suflVagist. 
 Tourtillotte, Lillian Adele, 
 
 Author. 
 Toussaint, P'mnia, 
 
 Author and translator. 
 Towne, lielle Kellogg, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Townsend, Mary A. \'an V., 
 
 Poet and social leader. 
 Townsley, Prances Eleanor, 
 
 Baptist minister. 
 Trail, P'lorence, 
 
 Author. 
 Treat, Anna Elizabeth, 
 
 Author. 
 Trott, Lois E., 
 
 Educator and philanthropist. 
 Trott, Novella Jewell, 
 
 Author and editor. 
 Truitt, Anna Augusta, 
 
 Philanthropist and reformer. 
 Tryon, Kate, 
 
 Journalist and artist. 
 Tucker, Mary Frances, 
 
 Poet. 
 Tucker, Rosa Lee, 
 
 State Librarian of Mississippi 
 Tupper, Ellen Smith, 
 
 Apiarist. 
 
INDEX OF A IVOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Tupper, Mila Frances, 
 
 Unitarian ininister. 
 Turner, Alice BellvadoreSams, 
 
 Physician. 
 Tuttle, Emma Rood, 
 
 Author. 
 Tutwiler, Julia Strudwick, 
 
 Educator. 
 Twiggs, Sarah L., 
 
 Poet. 
 Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 
 
 Wife of president. 
 Ulmar, Geraldine, 
 
 Opera singer. 
 Valesh, Eva McDonald, 
 
 Labor agitator. 
 Van Benschoten, Mary C, 
 
 Author. 
 Van Buren, Angelica Singleton, 
 
 Daughter-in-law of president. 
 Van Deusen, Mary Westbrook, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Van Fleet, Ellen Oliver, 
 
 Poet. 
 Van Hook, Loretta C, 
 
 Missionary and educator. 
 Van Zandt, Marie, 
 
 Opera singer, 
 Veeder, Emily Elizabeth, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Very, Lydia Louisa Anna, 
 
 Author, educator and artist. 
 Victor, Frances Fuller, 
 
 Author. 
 Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 
 
 Author. 
 Von Teuffel, Blanche Willis H., 
 
 Author. 
 Wait, Anna C, 
 
 Woman suffragist. 
 Wait, Phoebe Jane Babcock, 
 
 Physician. 
 Waite, Catherine Van V., 
 
 Lawyer and author. 
 Wakefield, Emily Watkins, 
 
 Singer, educator and lecturer 
 VVakeman, Antoinette Van H., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Walker, Harriet G,, 
 
 Reformer and philanthropist. 
 
 Walker, Mary E., 
 
 Physician and dress-reformer. 
 Walker, Minerva, 
 
 Physician. 
 Walker, Rose Kershaw, 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 Wall, Annie, 
 
 Author. 
 Wallace, Mrs. M. R. M., 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Wallace, Susan Arnold Elston, 
 
 Author. 
 Wallace, Zerelda Gray, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Walling, Mary Cole, 
 
 Patriot. 
 Walsworth, Minnie Gow, 
 
 Poet. 
 Walter, Carrie Stevens, 
 
 Educator and poet. 
 Walton, Electa Noble Lincoln, 
 
 Educator and lecturer. 
 Walton, Sarah Stokes, 
 
 Poet and artist. 
 Walworth, Ellen Hardin, 
 
 Author, educator and poet. 
 Walworth, Jeannette R. H., 
 
 Author. 
 Ward, Elizabeth Stiiart Phelps, 
 
 Author. 
 Ward, Genevieve, 
 
 Singer and actor. 
 Ward, Mary E., 
 
 Poet. 
 Ward, May Alden, 
 
 Author. 
 Ware, Mary, 
 
 Poet. 
 Warner, Marion E. Knowlton, 
 
 Poet and story-writer. 
 Warren, Mary Evalin, 
 
 Author and lecturer. 
 Washington, Lucy H., 
 
 Poet and temperance worker. 
 Washington, Martha, 
 . Wife of president. 
 Watson, Annah Robinson, 
 
 Author. 
 Watson, Ellen Maria, 
 
 Church worker. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CENTURY 
 
 Watson, Elizabeth Lowe, 
 
 Lecturer. 
 Watts, Mars:aret Anderson, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Weatherby, Delia L., 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Webb, Bertha, 
 
 Violinist. 
 Webb, Ella Sturtevant, 
 
 Author. 
 Webster, Helen L., 
 
 Professor of philology. 
 Weiss, Susan Archer, 
 
 Poet. 
 Welborn, May Eddins, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Welby, Amelia B. Coppuck, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Welch, Jane Meade, 
 
 Journalist and lecturer. 
 Wells, Charlotte Fowler, 
 
 Phrenologist and publisher. 
 Wells, Mary Fletcher, 
 
 Philanthropist and educator. 
 Wertman, Sarah Killgore, 
 
 Lawyer. 
 West, Julia E. Houston, 
 
 Soprano singer. 
 West, Mary Allen, 
 
 Journalist and editor. 
 Westlake, Kate Eva, 
 
 Editor. 
 Westover, Cynthia M., 
 
 Scientist and inventor. 
 Wetherald, Agnes hlthelwyn. 
 
 Poet, novelist and journalist. 
 Wetherbee, Emily Greene, 
 'I Author. 
 
 Wetmore, Elizabeth Bisland, 
 'j-j Journalist and author. 
 
 Wlieeler, Cora Stuart, 
 1^} Poet and author. 
 
 ] Wheeler, Dora, 
 'Y\ Artist, designer and decorator 
 
 \ Wheeler, Mary Spark es, 
 "Ph. Author, poet and preacher. 
 £ Wheelock, Dora V., 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Wheelock, Lucy, 
 
 Educator,lect'urerand author 
 
 Whipple, M. Ella, 
 
 Physician. 
 White, Laura Rosamond 
 
 Author and journalist. 
 White, Nettie L., 
 
 Stenographer. 
 Whiting, Lilian, 
 
 Journalist and poet. 
 Whiting, Mary Collins, 
 
 Lawyer and business wiMiiaii, 
 Whitman, Sarah Helen, 
 
 Poet. 
 Whitney, Adeline D. Trai 
 
 Author. 
 Whitney, Anne, 
 
 Sculptor. 
 Whitney, Marj- Traffarn, 
 
 Minister. 
 Whitten, Martha E. Hotcb 
 
 Author. 
 Wickens, Margaret R., 
 
 Relief Corps worker. 
 Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 
 
 Kindergartner and authc 
 Wight, Emma Howard, 
 
 Journalist and author. 
 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 
 
 Author. 
 Wilcox, Hannah Tyler, 
 
 Physician. 
 Wilder, S. Fannie Gerry, 
 
 Author. 
 Wilhite, Mary Holloway, 
 
 Physician and philanthrcp" t 
 Wilkes, Eliza Tupper, 
 
 Minister. 
 Wilkins, Mary E., 
 
 Author. 
 Willard, Allie C, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Willard, Cordelia Young, 
 
 Missionary worker. 
 Willard, Emma, 
 
 Pxlucator. 
 Willard, Frances Elizabeth 
 
 Reformer. 
 Willard, Katherine, 
 
 Musician. 
 Willard, Mary Bannister, 
 . Editor and educator. 
 
INDEX OF A WOMAN OF THE CEN ..MkY. 
 
 Willard Mary Thompson Hill, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Williams Adele, 
 ,,Artist. 
 
 Williams, Alice, 
 ' Temperance reformer. 
 Williams, Florence B., 
 
 Editor and publisher. 
 Williams, Louisa Brewster 
 
 Musician and composer. 
 Willing, Jennie Fowler, 
 
 Author, preacher and lecturer 
 Willis, Louise Hammond, 
 
 Artist. 
 Willsoji, Mary Elizabeth, 
 
 .Gospel singer. 
 ■Vyilson, Augusta C. Evans 
 
 'Author. 
 'Wlson, Mrs. Augustus, 
 
 Reformer. 
 Wilson, Jane Delaplaine, 
 
 Author. 
 Wilson, Martha Eleanor Loftin, 
 
 Missionarj^ worker. 
 
 llson, Zara A., 
 
 Reformer and lawyer. 
 
 "ing, Amelia Kempshall, 
 
 Author and philanthropist. 
 
 "inkier, Angelina Virginia, 
 / Jourtialist. 
 Winslow, Caroline B., 
 
 Physician. 
 Winslow, Celeste M. A. 
 
 Author. 
 Winslow, Helen M., 
 
 Author. 
 Wintermute, Martha, 
 
 Poet. 
 Winton, Jenevehah Maria, 
 
 Poet and author. 
 Wittenmyer, Annie, 
 
 Relief Corps worker. 
 Wixon, Susan Helen, 
 
 Author and educator, 
 Wolfe, Catherine Lorillard, 
 
 Philanthropist. 
 Wood, Frances Fisher, 
 
 Educator and lecturer. 
 Wood, Julia A. A., 
 
 Author. 
 
 Wood, Mary C. F., 
 
 Poet, editor and author. 
 Woodberry, Rosa Louise, 
 
 Journalist and educator. 
 Woodbridge, Mary A. Brayton, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 Woodruff, Libbie L., 
 
 Journalist. 
 Woods, Kate Tannatt, 
 
 Author, educator and poet. 
 Woodward, Caroline M., 
 . Author and artist. 
 Woodward, Caroline M. C, 
 
 Temperance worker. 
 Woody, Mary Williams C, 
 
 Philanthropist and educator. 
 Woolley, Celia Parker, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey, 
 
 Poet. 
 Woolson, Abba Louise Goold, 
 
 Author. 
 Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 
 
 Novelist. 
 Worden, Sarah A., 
 
 Artist. 
 Worley, Laura Davis, 
 
 Dairy farmer. 
 Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 
 
 Translator. 
 Worthen, Augusta Harvey, 
 
 Educator and author. 
 Wray, Mary A., 
 
 Actor. 
 Wright, Hannah Amelia, 
 
 Physician. 
 Wright, Julia McNair, 
 
 Author. 
 Wright, Laura M., 
 
 Physician. 
 Wright, Marie Robinson, 
 
 Journalist, 
 Wylie, Lollie Belle, 
 
 Journalist and poet. 
 Wyman, Lillie B. Chace, 
 
 Author and philanthropist. 
 Yates, Elizabeth U., 
 
 Lecturer. 
 Youmans, Letitia Creighton, 
 
 Temperance reformer. 
 
TND^X OF A tVOMAN OF THE CENTURY. 
 
 Youmans, Theodora Wintoii, 
 
 Journalist. 
 Young, Jennie B., 
 
 Artist. 
 Young, Julia Evelyn Ditto, 
 
 Poet and novelist. 
 
 Young, Martha, 
 
 Author and poet. 
 Young, Sarah Graham, 
 
 Army nurse. 
 Zakrzewska, Maria Ehzabeth, 
 
 Physician. 
 
 Zeisler, Fannie Bloonifield, Piano virtuoso. 
 
 PARTIAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 
 
 Aldrich, Julia Carter. 
 Barton, Clara. 
 Bates, Margaret Holmes. 
 Blackwell, Alice Stone. 
 Briggs, Alice E. 
 Campbell, Hellen. 
 Clark, James G. 
 Colquitt, Mel. R. 
 Converse, Harriet Maxwell. 
 Conway, Katherine E. 
 Darling, Flora Adams. 
 Deletombe, Alice S. 
 Doiilevy, Alice. 
 Dow, Hon. Neal. 
 Durgin, Elizabeth C. 
 Dye. Mary. 
 
 Eyster, Nellie Blessing. 
 Eytinge, Rose. 
 Field, Mary H. 
 Folsom, Montgomery M 
 Foster, Rev. Elon. 
 Foster,, J. Pollen. 
 Giles, Ella A. 
 Gilmore, James R. 
 Glazier, Jessie A. 
 (jreenwood, Grace. 
 Guiney, Louise Imogen. 
 Hanaford, Rev. Phebe A. 
 Hatch, Mary R. P. 
 Hazelrigg, Clara H, 
 Hobart, Sarah D. 
 Howe, E. Harriet. 
 Ives, Florence C. 
 
 Keating, Josephine E. 
 Larcom, Lucy. 
 Lease, Mj\ry E. 
 Lincoln, Martha D. 
 Livermore, Maiy A. 
 Lockwood, Belva A. 
 Mace, P'rances L. 
 Meredith, Virginia C. 
 Meriwether, Lide. 
 Michel, Nettie Leila. 
 Morton, Eliza H. 
 Moulton, Charles Wells. 
 Nixon, Jennie C. 
 O'Hagan, Thomas. 
 Parker, Benjamin F. 
 Parkhurst, Enielie T. Y. 
 Piatt, John James. 
 Pillsbury, Parker. 
 Poole, Hester M. 
 Renfrew, Carrie. 
 Ridpath, John Clark. 
 Robinson, Jane Bancroft. 
 Sherwood, Emily L. 
 Sherwood, Kate Brownlee. 
 Shinn, Charles Howard. 
 Stanford, Prof. Maria L. 
 Starr, Eliza Allen. 
 Van Fredenberg, Henry A. 
 Wheeler, Cora Stuart. 
 Whiting, Lilian. 
 Willard, Frances E. 
 Wylic, Lollie Belle. 
 Young, Martha. 
 
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PRaSPECTUS. 
 
 V pHE put^ication of A Woma'j^ of the Century 
 1 has Ween undertaken to proviae, a Biographical 
 .ecord-oll a remarkable era in the Mistory of 
 le World-* Woman's place in modern litei's fully 
 ?cOgnized,\and the work will meet the requirenic^nts 
 • emanded by a discriminating public. It is he 
 ■^' lost important undertaking of its kind ever it- 
 v\ impted. It embraces biographical sketches of all 
 'omen prominently connected with the present age 
 f woman's activity; all women noteworthy in tht- 
 lurch, at the bar, in literature and music, in art 
 [id the drama, in science and invention, in s6cial 
 id political reform, in commerce or philanthropy. 
 , in brief, includes the name of every woman in 
 /ery branch of human activity worthy of note, who 
 identified with American progress and civilization 
 f the present day. 
 
 THE BIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 The biographies are of sufficient fullness to in 
 
 ude all facts deserving mention, and taken together 
 
 ey will afford a complete record of that branch of 
 
 story referring to American women of the present 
 
 nt- y. It is intended to make each character- 
 
 a' likeness which the world will immediately 
 
 ize; which will give the underlying motive to 
 
 lividual endeavor, the secret of her success, 
 
 ethods and means of her progress, and the 
 
 nd the aspiration of her thought. It has been 
 
^^^A^ moreover, to render tl.^^ Cyclops iia 
 'oumar.xal, as well as entertainir^g ^^^^ instr i-tive, 
 ■naking those articles treatir^g ^^ importa.ii wcrr 
 and measures constitute rxj^^^^Q^thy eras ^f .^^r^. 
 history. Each sketch/ ^^^ placed in hai )c 
 from the whole Oo^j^tj-y ^s best fitted for 
 and then it v^-^s revised and arranged by 1 
 to make -^jhq harmonious whole. 
 
 THE PORTRAITS. 
 
 The biographical sketches are accomj :.* 
 oHginal half-tone engravings, made din 
 ^ -no.ograph, and executed in the highest f 
 These engravings, thirteen hundred in nur 
 one of the most valuable picture galleries 
 to the public through the medium of 
 press. 
 
 THE EDITORS. 
 
 The fact that the work is edited by 
 known women whose world-wide reput 
 second to none in their respective ; 
 activity, is sufficient guarantee of its li 
 cellence and high standing. 
 
 THE PUBLISHER. 
 
 Mr. Moulton's name is well and favora: ; 
 as the publisher of The Magazine of P ' .> 
 various standard publications bear his im{ r i . t '\ 
 publisher respectfully announces that A V '^ 
 THE Century is sold only by subscri i' 
 only through his authorized agents. 
 
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