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.