Presents biographies of nine women active between 1880 and 1930 who made outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine, religion, politics, business, arts and letters, education, athletics, and social action.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sara Josephine Baker: questioning the unquestionable. --Kate Barnard: friend of the friendless. --Williamina Fleming: a field for woman's work. --Orie Latham Hatcher: altering attitudes. --Leta Stetter Hollingworth: an experimental life. --Mary McDowell: the settlement lady. --Annie Smith Peck: mountains that mattered. --Ida Wells-Barnett: militant crusader. --Candace Thurber Wheeler: a design for industry.
