Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines. Henry Charles Moore

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066191474

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       I. BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN

       II. BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN THE MISSION FIELD

       III. BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN WAR-TIME

       IV. BRAVE DEEDS OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION

       I

       BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN

       ALICE AYRES AND THE UNION STREET FIRE

       GRACE BUSSELL AND THE WRECK OF THE GEORGETTE

       CATHERINE VASSEUR, THE HEROINE OF NOYEN

       MARY ROGERS AND THE WRECK OF THE STELLA

       MADELEINE BLANCHET

       HANNAH ROSBOTHAM AND THE CHILDREN OF SUTTON SCHOOL

       II

       BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN THE MISSION FIELD

       JANE CHALMERS

       ANNA HINDERER, AND THE GOSPEL IN THE YORUBA COUNTRY

       ANN JUDSON, PIONEER WOMAN IN BURMA

       SARAH JUDSON, PIONEER WOMAN IN BURMA

       OLIVIA OGREN AND AN ESCAPE FROM BOXERS

       EDITH NATHAN, MAY NATHAN AND MARY HEAYSMAN,

       MARY RIGGS AND THE SIOUX RISING

       III

       BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN WAR-TIME

       MARY SEACOLE, THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND

       LAURA SECORD, A CANADIAN HEROINE

       LADY BANKES AND THE SIEGE OF CORFE CASTLE.

       LADY HARRIET ACLAND.

       AIMÉE LADOINSKI AND THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

       LADY SALE AND AN AFGHAN CAPTIVITY

       ETHEL ST. CLAIR GRIMWOOD, AND THE ESCAPE FROM MANIPUR

       THREE SOLDIERS' WIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA

       IV.

       BRAVE DEEDS OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION

       ELIZABETH ZANE, A FRONTIER HEROINE

       NELLIE AMOS, A FRIEND IN NEED

       ANNA GURNEY, THE FRIEND OF THE SHIPWRECKED

       GRIZEL HUME, THE DEVOTED DAUGHTER

       LUCY HUTCHINSON, A BRAVE WIFE

       LADY BAKER, AN EXPLORER'S COMPANION

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      In these pages I have tried to show how women, old and young, in many ranks of life, have proved themselves in times of trial to possess as much courage and daring as men. Some of these 'Brave Women' died for their Master's sake, whilst others, in His cause, passed through dire peril and grievous suffering. All of them counted not their lives dear unto them, so long only as they might do their duty. I have designedly omitted many familiar heroines in the hope of winning attention for some whose deeds have been less widely recognised.

      H. C. M.