Notable women in history : the lives of women who in all ages, all lands and in all womanly occupations have won fame and put their imprint on the world's history / by Abbot, Willis J. 1863-1934

Table of Contents: “…Agrippina : a wicked woman, a devoted mother -- Aspasia : the inspiration of Pericles -- Cornelia : mother of the Gracchi -- Cleopatra : the world's most famous beauty -- Hypatia : the female philosopher of Alexandria -- Empress Theodora : the great empress of the East -- Zenobia : the empress of Palmyra -- Katherine of Aragon : heroine of the most famous divorce -- Anne Boleyn : a martyred queen of Henry VIII -- Mary Tudor : "Bloody Mary," the maker of martyrs -- Mary Queen of Scots : a victim of her own intrigues -- Lady Jane Grey : a nine days' queen -- Queen Anne : commonplace queen of a majestic era -- Queen Elizabeth : "Good Queen Bess," "The Virgin Queen" -- Catherine II of Russia : the Semiramis of the North -- Queen Christina of Sweden : a royal wanderer in Europe -- Isabella of Castile : the financier of Columbus' great voyage -- Maria Theresa of Austria : the true founder of the Austrian empire -- Marie Antoinette : the diamond necklace and the guillotine -- Charlotte Corday : the avenger of Marie Antoinette -- Empress Josephine : the discarded wife of Emperor Napoleon -- Hortense Bonaparte, Queen of Holland : a milliner's apprentice and a queen -- Queen Louise of Prussia : a nation's immortal idol -- Catherine de Medici : a royal dispenser of poisons -- Madame Roland : priestess of the Revolution -- Queen Victoria : the most splendid monarch of the nineteenth century -- Countess Du Barry : the ruler of Louis XV -- Countess of Blessington : an English saloniste -- Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland : a type of vampire -- Madame du Deffand : the blind ruler of a famous salon -- Ninon de L'Enclos : a typical Parisian parasite -- Madame Recamier : the beauty of the French salons -- Marquise de Pompadour : the most splendid adventuress -- Madame de Maintenon : the wife of a hunchback and of a king -- Madame de Stael : the wit of French salons -- Sarah Jennings : the Duchess of Marlborough : "the viceroy over Queen Anne" -- Mlle de la Valliere : heroine of a royal romance -- Theodosia Burr : whose fate is an unsolved mystery -- Susan B. …”
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