356, 4 pp. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and decorations, photographic frontispiece, black-and-white plates from photos and historical illustrations. A collection of biographies of various influential women throughout history, including: Madame de Maintenon; Catharine II of Russia; Madame Le Brun; Dolly Madison; Catherine Booth; Lucy Stone; Lady Henry Somerset; Julia Ward Howe; Queen Victoria.
