The National Exposition Souvenir: What America Owes to WomenLydia Hoyt Farmer C. W. Moulton, 1893 - 505 páginas This souvenir of the Columbian Exposition includes essays on women's accomplishments in the arts, sciences, etc., as well as biographical sketches of individual women. |
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... regarding his chivalrous espousal of the cause of the struggling republic , that we may make more manifest the debt which America owes to the heroic wife of this Knight of Liberty . Writ- ing to Mr. Laurens , then President of Congress ...
... regarding his chivalrous espousal of the cause of the struggling republic , that we may make more manifest the debt which America owes to the heroic wife of this Knight of Liberty . Writ- ing to Mr. Laurens , then President of Congress ...
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... regarding their own experience has clung to them always . They endured cold , want , sickness , terror of the unknown , the approach of death , and none turned back . They could not fore- see the destiny of this land , but with loyal ...
... regarding their own experience has clung to them always . They endured cold , want , sickness , terror of the unknown , the approach of death , and none turned back . They could not fore- see the destiny of this land , but with loyal ...
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... These comments from a young girl of eighteen , reveal the discern- ing mind of Abigail Adams . Mrs. Adams was constantly watchful regarding the education of her sons also . When it was remarked that the 70 THE NATIONAL EXPOSITION SOUVENIR .
... These comments from a young girl of eighteen , reveal the discern- ing mind of Abigail Adams . Mrs. Adams was constantly watchful regarding the education of her sons also . When it was remarked that the 70 THE NATIONAL EXPOSITION SOUVENIR .
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... regarding the plan . Deeply sympathizing with his chivalrous purpose , Mrs. Monroe , knowing full well the dangers and difficulties before her , calmly assured her husband of her ability to control her words and her emotions , and ...
... regarding the plan . Deeply sympathizing with his chivalrous purpose , Mrs. Monroe , knowing full well the dangers and difficulties before her , calmly assured her husband of her ability to control her words and her emotions , and ...
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... regarding the keeping of the Sabbath were marked characteristics . Each Sunday morning of her four years ' stay in the White House , she would request , in her gentle , conciliatory way , all the attachés of the Mansion to go to church ...
... regarding the keeping of the Sabbath were marked characteristics . Each Sunday morning of her four years ' stay in the White House , she would request , in her gentle , conciliatory way , all the attachés of the Mansion to go to church ...
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Página 314 - And since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 73 - Maryland," or fall into the hands of British soldiery, events must determine. Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and in a very bad humor with me, because I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was found too tedious for these perilous moments; I have ordered the frame to be broken, and the canvas taken out.
Página 288 - I am not accustomed to the use of language of eulogy; I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women ; but I must say, that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.
Página 73 - I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage ; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.
Página 88 - My family, all this while, was at the East. It consisted now of a wife and two children. I saw no chance of supporting them on the Pacific coast out of my pay as an army officer.
Página 26 - I hope that, for my sake, you will become a good American, for that feeling is worthy of every noble heart. The happiness of America is intimately connected with the happiness of all mankind ; she will become the safe and respected asylum of virtue, integrity, toleration, equality, and tranquil happiness.
Página 24 - From the moment that I first heard the name of America,' I loved her ; from the moment that I learned her struggles for liberty, I was inflamed with the desire of shedding my blood in her cause ; — and the moments that may be expended in her service, whenever they may occur, or in whatever part of the world I may be, shall be considered as the happiest of my existence. I feel more ardently than ever, the desire of deserving the obliging sentiments with which I am...
Página 178 - On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.
Página 254 - States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the Duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Emoluments to the same of Right appertaining, during the Pleasure of the President of the United States for the Time being.
Página 158 - I was young and romantic then," said she, " and fond of wandering alone by moonlight in the woods of Mount Vernon. Grandmamma thought it wrong and unsafe, and scolded and coaxed me into a promise that I would not wander in the woods again unaccompanied. But I was missing one evening, and was brought home from the interdicted woods to the drawing-room, where the General was walking up and down with his hands behind him, as was his wont. Grandmamma, seated in her great arm-chair, opened a severe reproof.