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Creighton, Louise. Some Famous Women. Illustrated. London: Longmans, Green, 1909; [1923?].

See How To Make It as a Woman, 66-67.

TOC: Saint Hilda; Joan Countess of Kent, Wife of Black Prince (Son of Edward III of England); Joan of Arc; Margaret Beaufort; Rachel, Lady Russell; Elizabeth Fry; Mary Somerville; Julia Selina Inglis; Florence Nightingale; Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop); Sister Dora; Queen Victoria.

Author of children's histories of England and France; Heroes of European History; The Art of Living and Other Addresses to Girls; biographies of male rulers.

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  • Whitby Abbey. This was the successor of St. Hilda's building. Photo: Frith &
        Co.
    Whitby Abbey
  • The Completion of the Ark. From the Caedmon MS., circa A.D. 1000, in the Bodleian
        Library, Oxford.
    The Ark
  • Tournament.
    Tournament
  • Knight Receiving His Helmet From Lady.
    Knight and Lady
  • Jeanne in Church.
    Joan of Arc
  • Jeanne Hears the Voice.
    Joan of Arc
  • Jeanne Rides to Chinon.
    Joan of Arc
  • Jeanne is Wounded by the Arrow.
    Joan of Arc
  • The Coronation of Charles VII.
    Joan of Arc
  • The Burning of Jeanne.
    Joan of Arc
  • Margaret, Countess of Richmond. Photo: Emery Walker.
    Margaret Beaufort
  • Edward IV. From an original painting belonging to the Society of
        Antiquaries.
    Edward IV
  • Richard III. From an original painting belonging to the Society of
        Antiquaries.
    Richard III
  • Henry VII. From an original picture in the National Portrait Gallery.
    Henry VII
  • Elizabeth of York, Queen of Henry VII. From an original picture in the National
        Portrait Gallery.
    Elizabeth of York
  • Christ's College, Cambridge. Photo: A.E. Walsham.
    Christ's College
  • Lord Russell Taking Leave of His Children Previous to His Execution, 1683. (After J.
        Bridges.)
    Lord Russell
  • Elizabeth Fry. Photo: Emery Walker.
    Elizabeth Fry
  • Mrs. Fry Reading to the Prisoners in Newgate, 1816. (After the Picture by Jerrry
        Barrett.)
    Elizabeth Fry
  • Mary Somerville. Photo: Emery Walker.
    Mary Somerville
  • Somerville College, Oxford.
    Somerville College
  • The Gateway of the Residency, Lucknow, Showing Marks of Shot and Shell on the
        Brickwork.
    Lucknow Gateway
  • Florence Nightingale. Photo: London Stereoscopic Co.
    Florence Nightingale
  • Florence Nightingale at Scutari--- a Mission of Mercy. (After the Picture by Jerry
        Barrett.)
    Florence Nightingale
  • Florence Nightingale in One of the Wards of the Hospital at Scutari
    Florence Nightingale
  • Mrs. Bishop (Isabella Bird). Photo by Elliot and Fry.
    Isabella Bird (Mrs. Bishop)
  • Sister Dora. Photo: Mrs. Williams, Wolverhampton
    Sister Dora
  • The Statue at Walsall
    Sister Dora Statue
  • Victoria R.
    Queen Victoria
  • Queen Victoria at her Accession. (Engraved by Thompson after a Portrait by
        Lane.)
    Queen Victoria
  • Portrait of Prince Albert
    Prince Albert
  • Viscount Melbourne. From a figure in Hayter's Reformed Parliament in the National
        Portrait Gallery.
    Viscount Melbourne
  • The Marriage of Queen Victoria to H.R.H. Prince Albert. (From the Picture by Sir
        George Hayter at Windsor Castle.)
    Queen Victoria
  • Lord Palmerston. From a seated figure in Hayter's Reformed Parliament in the
        National Portrait Gallery.
    Lord Palmerston
  • William Ewert Gladstone.
    William Gladstone
  • Marriage of H.R.H. Victoria, Princess Royal, to H.R.H. Prince Frederick William of
        Prussia. (From the Portrait by John Philip at Windsor Castle.)
    Queen Victoria
  • Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield
    Benjamin Disraeli
  • Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897. Photo: London Stereoscopic Co.
    Victoria's Jubilee


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