Our famous women : comprising the lives and deeds of American women who have distinguished themselves in literature, science, art, music, and the drama, or are famous as heroines, patriots, orators, educators, physicians, philanthropists, etc., with numerous anecdotes, incidents, and personal experiences / by the following twenty authors: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ; Harriet Beecher Stowe ; Rose Terry Cooke ; Mary A. Livermore ; Harriet Prescott Spofford ; Marion Harland ; Mary Clemmer ; Louise Chandler Moulton ; Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney ; Lucy Larcom ; Julia Ward Howe ; Susan Coolidge ; Kate Sanborn ; Elizabeth Cady Stanton ; Lucia Gilbert Runkle ; Laura Curtis Bullard ; Lilian Whiting ; Elizabeth T. Spring ; Elizabeth Bryant Johnston ; Maud Howe ; superbly illustrated with full-page portraits mainly from photographs taken expressly for this work, and fine full-page engravings from original designs by Mr. T.W. Williams.

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First edition of this exceptional collection of biographical works celebrating women and composed by renowned authors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911 (Author)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (Author)
Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892 (Author)
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905 (Author)
Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 (Author)
Harland, Marion, 1830-1922 (Author)
Clemmer, Mary, 1839-1884 (Author)
Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908 (Author)
Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train), 1824-1906 (Author)
Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893 (Author)
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 (Author)
Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905 (Author)
Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917 (Author)
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 (Author)
Bullard, Laura Curtis (Author)
Whiting, Lilian, 1847-1942 (Author)
Johnston, Elizabeth Bryant, 1833-1907 (Author)
Elliott, Maud Howe, 1854-1948 (Author)
Other Authors: Williams, True (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Hartford, Conn. : A.D. Worthington & Co., publishers ; A.G. Nettleton & Co., Chicago, Ills, 1884, ©1883.
Subjects:
Alcott, Louisa May, > 1832-1888.
Anthony, Susan B. > (Susan Brownell), > 1820-1906.
Beecher, Catharine Esther, > 1800-1878.
Barton, Clara, > 1821-1912.
Booth, Mary L. > (Mary Louise), > 1831-1889.
Blackwell, Elizabeth, > 1821-1910.
Blackwell, Emily, > 1826-1910.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, > 1849-1924.
Cooke, Rose Terry, > 1827-1892.
Cushman, Charlotte, > 1816-1876.
Child, Lydia Maria, > 1802-1880.
Clemmer, Mary, > 1839-1884.
Dodge, Mary Mapes, > 1830-1905.
Fuller, Margaret, > 1810-1850.
Gibbons, Abby Hopper, > 1801-1893.
Howe, Julia Ward, > 1819-1910.
Kellogg, Clara Louise, > 1842-1916.
Livermore, Mary A. > (Mary Ashton), > 1820-1905.
Larcom, Lucy, > 1824-1893.
Mitchell, Maria, > 1818-1889.
Mott, Lucretia, > 1793-1880.
Moulton, Louise Chandler, > 1835-1908.
Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, > 1835-1921.
Prentiss, E. > (Elizabeth), > 1818-1878.
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, > 1844-1911.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, > 1815-1902.
Harland, Marion, > 1830-1922.
Whitney, A. D. T. > (Adeline Dutton Train), > 1824-1906.
Whitney, Anne, > 1821-1915.
Willard, Frances E. > (Frances Elizabeth), > 1839-1898.
Women > United States > Biography.
Suffragists > United States > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Physicians > United States > Biography.
Artists > United States > Biography.
College teachers > United States > Biography.
Inscriptions (Provenance) > United States > New York > 19th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Inscription on recto of first front fly-leaf: "Miss Arabella van Lemburgh[?], Watervliet Centre, Albany Co., N.Y., 1888"; paper slip bearing "publishers' guarantee to subscribers" for this title found in item with blanks filled in pencil ("the time apointed for delivery is on or after 25 Sept 1884" and "M.A. Soule[?], agent"); this slip, along with bookseller's description and label by Whitmore Rare Books, Pasadena, California, now available in MSS 466, Box 4, Folder 229.
Binding Information:
In original publisher's deluxe half morocco with gilt to boards and spine; all edges gilt; floral endpapers.
Physical Description:xxvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 29-715 pages, 1 unnumbered pages, plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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