Women -- Biography; Women -- United States -- Biography
Mataoka, 1, 2, 6.
Monmouth, battle of, 50-2.
Morris, Robert, 33, 35.
Mott, Lucretia:
childhood at Nantucket, 115;
early interest in slavery, 117;
preaches in Quaker meeting-houses, 117-20, 126-7, 165;
member of anti-slavery societies, 120-1;
delegate to London convention, 121;
excluded from its meetings, 121-2;
abused and attacked, 123-7;
her part in Dangerfield trial, 128-9;
pioneer work for abolition, 130-1.
Mount Vernon, 59, 63, 66-8, 70, 71.
Murray, Mary Lindley:
delays Howe’s march across Manhattan Island, 43-5;
saves patriot army, 45-6.
Phillips, Wendell, 118, 121, 131.
Pitcher, Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays):
childhood on farm, 47;
accompanies husband to war, 48-50;
carries water for soldiers, 51;
takes husband’s place at cannon, 51-2;
honors given her, 52-4;
monument, 54.
Pocahontas:
saves John Smith, 4-6;
how she got her name, 1, 2, 6;
befriends Jamestown colony, 7;
taken prisoner, 8-10;
marries Rolfe, 11;
visits England, 12-5;
descendants, 16.
Powhatan, 2-6, 8-13.
Putnam, Israel, 41-6.
Red Cross, 202-6.
Rolfe, John, 11, 12, 15.
Ross, Betsy:
apprenticed, 30;
marriage, 30;
reputation as needlewoman, 31, 33;
widowed, 32;
five-pointed star, 35;
her flag adopted by Congress, 35-7.
Ross, Colonel George, 33.
Sacajawea (Bird-woman):
taken prisoner, 80-1;
marries Chaboneau, 81;
meets Lewis and Clark, 81-2;
engaged as interpreter, 82;
birth of son, 82;
heroine of expedition, 83-4;
saves papers and instruments, 84-5;
illness, 85-6;
escape from cloudburst, 86-7;
guides expedition, 88, 92-3;
meets friend and brother, 89-90;
persuades tribe to help white men, 90, 92;
bargaining with Indians, 91;
resourcefulness, 94;
rapid return trip, 95-6;
bids farewell to leaders, 96;
later years and death on Indian reservation, 98-9;
memorials, 99-100.
Sanitary Commission, 168-72.
Smith, John, 2-8, 14.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 122.
Stars and Stripes, 34-7.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher:
early interest in compositions, 133-4;
moves to Cincinnati, 134;
marries Professor Stowe, 135;
discussions over slavery, 135-7;
her own experiences with negroes, 136-7, 141-2;
writing, 135, 138;
excitement over fugitive slave bill, 138-9;
how _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_ was written, 139-43;
its reception and results, 144-9;
translations, 145;
trip to England, 149-50;
helps change public sentiment in England during Civil War, 152.
_Uncle Tom’s Cabin_, 139-50.
Valley Forge, 62, 64-6.
Washington, George, 32-5, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49-54, 56-71, 110-1, 180.
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