xi, [12]-434 pp. 8vo. Terra cotta cloth, gilt titles panels, black stamped titles and decorations, engraved frontispiece portrait of author. A collection of biographical sketches of notable women in the American West, including: Mary Bledsoe; Catharine Sevier; Rebecca Boone; Mrs. Mason; Anna Innis; Sarah Combs; Charlotte Robertson; Mrs. Dunham; Jane Brown; Sarah Wilson; Mary Moore; Mrs. Denis; Mrs. Clendenin; Mrs. Cunningham; Mrs. Scott; Mrs. Glass; Ann Haynes; Ruth Sparks; Sarah Shelby; Rebecca Williams; Louisa St. Clair; Mrs. Lake; Sally Warth; Jane Dick; Mary Heckewelder; Ruhama Greene; Rebecca Rouse; Sarah Sibley; Mary Dunlevy; Ann Bailey; Elizabeth Harper; Sarah Thorp; Mrs. Walworth; Mrs. Carter; Elizabeth Tappen; Rebecca Heald; Mrs. Helm; Mrs. Snow; Mrs. Lemen, Mrs. Edwards; Abigail Snelling; Mary McMillan; Charlotte A. Clark; Charlotte Geer; Sarah Bryan; Sylvia Chapin; Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Lovejoy; Lucy Chapin; Mrs. Anderson; Eliza Bull, Mrs. Harazthy; Mary Ann Rumsey; Ann Allen; Elizabeth Allen; Harriet L. Noble; Frances Trask; Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Goodrich; Mrs. Comstock; Mrs. Woodward; Journal; Elizabeth Kenton.
