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When They Were Girls

by Rebecca Deming MOORE (1877 - 1935)

Grace Hoadley Dodge - The Girl Who Worked for Working Girl

Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Frances Burnett, Julia Howe, Hellen Keller, and Harriet Beecher Stowe are some of the influencial women in our history whose lives and accomplishments are covered in this little book. "When They Were Girls contains the stories of a group of American women, each one of whom occupies a very important place in her particular field. The stories of these women have been written many times before. We feel, however, that in this book you possibly may find that their stories have been written in a little different way. Our desire has been to bring very closely to the attention of our many readers some of the outstanding characteristics in the girlhoods of these women, and to show the relationship between these qualities in girlhood and the achievements of adult life." - Summary by author

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Listen next episodes of When They Were Girls:
Alice Cunningham Fletcher - The Girl Who Befriended the Red Man , Alice Freeman Palmer -The Girl Who Guided College Girls , Elizabeth Cady Stanton - The Girl Who Helped to Draft Woman’s Declaration of Independence , Ella Flagg Young - Whose Slogan Was “Better Schools for Girls and Boys” , Ellen H. Richards -A Scientist Who Helped Home-Makers , Frances E. Willard - The Girl Who Fought the Dragon, Drink , Harriet Beecher Stowe - The Girl Whose Story of Slavery Aroused The Whole World , Harriet Goodhue Hosmer - The Girl Who Loved Art More Than Ease , Helen Keller - The Deaf and Blind Girl Who Found Light and Happiness Through Knowledge , Julia Ward Howe - Whose Battle Hymn Sang Itself into the Hearts of a Nation , Kate Douglas Wiggin - Who Put the Joy of Living into Her Books , Louise Homer - Who Believes that Hard Work Is the Secret of Her Success as a Singer , Maria Mitchell - The Girl Who Studied the Stars , Maud Powell - The Girl Whose Violin Spread Afar the Message of Music