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Excerpt from A Group of Famous Women Stories of Their Lives So difficult has it been for teachers to find brief, readable biographies of distinguished women to use in connection with their lessons in history and civics that they will wel come this interesting collection. It should help to make the girls in our American schools proud of their woman hood and it Should give them a strong desire to be worthy of belonging to the same class as this group of noble workers. Emma L. Johnston Principal Brooklyn Training School for Teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book intends to educate the readers about the lives of famous women in history. Featured individuals include Joan of Arc, Susan B. Anthony, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Nearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity, from Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra, to Oscar Wilde's troubled niece, Dolly.