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Heroines of Service

Name: Heroines of Service
Author: Mary Rosetta Parkman

Mary Rosetta Parkman

Read by Larry Wilson, BettyB, Lynette Caulkins, KevinS, fshort, Grace Buchanan and Chad Jackson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Foreword (3:43)
Prophet and Pioneer -- Mary Lyon (27:59)
The Princess of Wellesley -- Alice Freeman Palmer (25:50)
Our Lady of the Red Cross -- Clara Barton (26:47)
A Maiden Crusader -- Frances E. Willard (29:10)
Julia Ward Howe -- The Singer of a Nation's Song (31:51)
A Champion of the Cause -- Anna Howard Shaw (35:31)
The Making of a Patriot -- Mary Antin (27:22)
A Campfire Interpreter -- Alice C. Fletcher (26:30)
The 'White Mother' of Darkest Africa -- Mary Slessor (32:13)
The Heroine of Radium -- Marie Sklodowska Curie (27:17)
The Heart of Hull House -- Jane Addams (24:01)