In Spirited American Women: Early Writers, Artists, & Activists, read or browse short prose histories of near 90 remarkable women, who were born up to near the Civil War. They were important activists, painters, sculptors, authors, journalists, editors, preachers, poets, abolitionists, and early suffragettes.  They were daring, and  determined.

Have you heard of Anne Bradstreet, Martha Wadsworth Brewster, Hannah Griffitts, Judith Sargent Murray, Old Elizabeth, Jarena Lee, the Grimké sisters, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft…?  These names should be as well-known as Louisa May Alcott, Sojourner Truth…

In addition to a standard index of the women, there is a separate Chronological Index of the Black and Native-American Women, as well as a Chronology of Important Historical Events (laws, wars, rebellions, organizations, and more, noted in the biographies).