730 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt titles, gold and black decorations, engraved frontispiece portrait of author, twenty-five other portraits and seven other engravings in text. Reissue of work first published in 1876 as simply Women of the Century, with additional engravings. A collection of biographical sketches of notable women, mostly American, though the first chapter treats figures from Biblical, ancient, and classical history. Includes: Preliminary; Women of the Revolution; The Wives of the Presidents; Women Leaders in Society; Philanthropic Women; Women During the Civil War; Literary Women; Women Poets; Women-Scientists; Women Artists; Women Lecturers; Women Reformers; Women Preachers; Women Missionaries; Women Educators; Women Physicians; Women as Readers, Actors, and Singers; Women in Business; Women of Faith; Women Inventors; Women Lawyers; Women Journalists; Women Printers; Women Librarians; Women Agriculturists; Women Historians; Women Travellers.
