Presents biographical sketches in story form about fourteen significant American women from the seventeenth through the early twentieth century, including Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Nellie Bly.
Illuminates history between 1300 and 1600: The Crusades, the spread of Protestantism, exploration of the African coast and India, discovery and settlement of America and Mexico.
