CHAPTER XV
Adams and Foster--_Heroines of Modern Progress_, 149-177.
Barton--_The Red Cross in Peace and War_.
Bolton--_Successful Women_, 198-223.
Epler--_Life of Clara Barton_.
Parkman--_Heroines of Service_, 59-85.
Sweetser--_Ten American Girls from History_, 143-173.
Wade--_The Light Bringers_, 64-111.
INDEX
Barton, Clara: nurse at eleven, 190-1; success as teacher, 191-3; cares for first wounded soldiers in Civil War, 193; distributes supplies, 194; receives permission to go to front, 195-6; war record, 196-201; appointed to search for missing, 201-2; serves under Red Cross in Franco-Prussian War, 203-4; starts Red Cross in America, 204; its president for twenty-two years, 204; service in disasters, 205; honors paid her, 205-6.
_Battle Hymn of the Republic_, 159-63.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 132, 136, 144.
Bishop (Washington’s body-servant), 56-8, 67.
Burr, Aaron, 45, 104-5.
Chaboneau, Toussaint, 81-7, 91, 96-8.
Dale, Governor, 11, 12.
Declaration of Independence, 111, 120, 170.
Fritchie, Barbara: saw four wars, 179-82; marriage, 181; her loyalty and faith when Civil War broke out, 182; troops in Fredericksburg, 182-3; different versions of flag story, 183-5; Whittier’s poem, 186-8.
Fugitive slave law, 128-9, 138-40, 146.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 118, 122, 125, 131.
Hamilton, Alexander, 45, 63.
Harlem, battle of, 45-6.
Howe, General, 41, 43-6.
Howe, Julia Ward: ancestry, 155; carefully educated, 154; a social favorite, 155; marriage, 156-7; longed to help in Civil War, 158; how the _Battle Hymn of the Republic_ was written, 159-60; how Chaplain McCabe popularized it, 161-2.
Hutchinson, Anne: voyage to America, 18-9; popularity, 20-1; her meetings for women, 21-3; church and state, 22-4; trial and banishment, 24-8; massacred by Indians, 28.
Jackson, Stonewall, 183, 187.
Jamestown colony, 7-11, 16-7.
Johnson, Jemima: Indians attack frontier settlement, 72-3; imperative need of water, 74-5; volunteers to bring it, 75-6; scheme succeeds, 76-7; attack repulsed, 77-8.
Jones, Paul, 36.
Lafayette, 53.
Lewis and Clark Expedition, 81-5, 89-96, 99.
Libby Prison, 161.
Lincoln, Abraham, 149, 162, 201-2.
Livermore, Mary A.: first-hand experience with slavery, 165; helped husband in church and editorial work, 165-6; organized and systematized relief work of Northwest, 167-72; Sanitary fairs, 172-4; first public speech, 175-7.
McCabe, Chaplain, 161-2.
Madison, Dolly: girlhood in Virginia and Philadelphia, 101-2; marries John Todd, 103; death of husband and baby, 103-4; popularity, 104, 107; marries Madison, 105-6; mistress of White House for sixteen years, 107, 113; British attack Washington, 108-11; saves Stuart portrait of Washington and Declaration of Independence, 110-1; adventures in flight from city, 111-3; homage paid her, 114.
Madison, James, 104-8, 112-4.
Martineau, Harriet, 121.
Mataoka, 1, 2, 6.
Monmouth, battle of, 50-2.
Morris, Robert, 33, 35.
Mott, Lucretia: childhood at Nantucket, 115; early interest in slavery, 117; preaches in Quaker meeting-houses, 117-20, 126-7, 165; member of anti-slavery societies, 120-1; delegate to London convention, 121; excluded from its meetings, 121-2; abused and attacked, 123-7; her part in Dangerfield trial, 128-9; pioneer work for abolition, 130-1.
Mount Vernon, 59, 63, 66-8, 70, 71.
Murray, Mary Lindley: delays Howe’s march across Manhattan Island, 43-5; saves patriot army, 45-6.
Phillips, Wendell, 118, 121, 131.
Pitcher, Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays): childhood on farm, 47; accompanies husband to war, 48-50; carries water for soldiers, 51; takes husband’s place at cannon, 51-2; honors given her, 52-4; monument, 54.
Pocahontas: saves John Smith, 4-6; how she got her name, 1, 2, 6; befriends Jamestown colony, 7; taken prisoner, 8-10; marries Rolfe, 11; visits England, 12-5; descendants, 16.
Powhatan, 2-6, 8-13.
Putnam, Israel, 41-6.
Red Cross, 202-6.
Rolfe, John, 11, 12, 15.
Ross, Betsy: apprenticed, 30; marriage, 30; reputation as needlewoman, 31, 33; widowed, 32; five-pointed star, 35; her flag adopted by Congress, 35-7.
Ross, Colonel George, 33.
Sacajawea (Bird-woman): taken prisoner, 80-1; marries Chaboneau, 81; meets Lewis and Clark, 81-2; engaged as interpreter, 82; birth of son, 82; heroine of expedition, 83-4; saves papers and instruments, 84-5; illness, 85-6; escape from cloudburst, 86-7; guides expedition, 88, 92-3; meets friend and brother, 89-90; persuades tribe to help white men, 90, 92; bargaining with Indians, 91; resourcefulness, 94; rapid return trip, 95-6; bids farewell to leaders, 96; later years and death on Indian reservation, 98-9; memorials, 99-100.
Sanitary Commission, 168-72.
Smith, John, 2-8, 14.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 122.
Stars and Stripes, 34-7.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher: early interest in compositions, 133-4; moves to Cincinnati, 134; marries Professor Stowe, 135; discussions over slavery, 135-7; her own experiences with negroes, 136-7, 141-2; writing, 135, 138; excitement over fugitive slave bill, 138-9; how _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_ was written, 139-43; its reception and results, 144-9; translations, 145; trip to England, 149-50; helps change public sentiment in England during Civil War, 152.
_Uncle Tom’s Cabin_, 139-50.
Valley Forge, 62, 64-6.
Washington, George, 32-5, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49-54, 56-71, 110-1, 180.
Washington, Martha: education, 55; first meeting with Washington, 56-7; marriage, 57-8; life at Mt. Vernon, 59, 67; interest in public affairs, 60, 69-70; patriotic sacrifices, 59, 63-4; winters spent at headquarters, 61-6; work for soldiers, 63-6; at Valley Forge, 62, 64-6; first lady of the land, 68-71.
Whittier, John G., 148, 186-8.
Williams, Roger, 23, 28.
Winthrop, John, 20, 24-7, 29.