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A Woman of the Century:   A Crowdsourcing Project of the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries

Education

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ABBATT, Miss Agnes Dean

artist

New York, NY

In progress

p. 1-2

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ABBOTT, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson

educator

Lowell, MA

In progress

p. 2

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ABBOTT, Emma

prima donna

Chicago, IL

In progress

p. 2-3

ADAMS, Mrs. Jane Kelley

educator

Woburn, MA

In progress

p. 7

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AGASSIZ, Mrs. Elizabeth Cabot

naturalist

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 10

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AIKENS, Mrs. Amanda L. 

editor and philanthropist 

North Adams, MA

In progress

p. 10-11

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ALCOTT, Miss Louisa May

author

Germantown, PA

In progress

p. 12-13

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ALDEN, Mrs. Isabella Macdonald

author

Rochester, NY

In progress

p. 13-14

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BAKER, Mrs. Charlotte Johnson

physician

Newburyport, MA

In progress

p. 46

BAKER, Miss Joanna

linguist and educator

New Rochelle, Ogle County, IL

Available

p. 46-48

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BALLOU, Miss Ella Maria

stenographer

Wallingford, VT

In progress

p. 51

BARBER, Mrs. Mary Augustine

educator

Newton, CT

Available

p. 53

BARTLETT, Mrs. Maud Whitehead

educator

Gillespie, IL

Available

p. 60

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BARTON, Miss Clara

philanthropist

North Oxford, MA

In progress

p. 60-61

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BEECHER, Catharine Esther

author and educator

East Hampton, NY

In progress

p. 70-71

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BENEDICT, Miss Emma Lee

author and educator

Clifton Park, NY

In progress

p. 73-74

BOWLES, Mrs  Ada Chastina

Universalist minister

Gloucester, MA

Available

p. 110-111

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BRADWELL, Mrs. Myra

lawyer

Manchester, VT

In progress

p. 115

BROOKS, Miss Ida Joe

educator, physician and surgeon

Muscatine, IA

Available

p. 124

BUCK, Mme. Henriette

educator

London, ENG

Available

p. 133-134

BURNETT, Miss Cynthia S.

educator and temperance reformer

Hartford, OH

Available

p. 137

CARTER, Mrs. Hannah Johnson

art educator

Portland, ME

In progress

p. 156=157

CARTER, Miss Mary Adaline Edwards

industrial art instructor and designer

Hinesburgh, VT

Available

p. 157

COBB, Mrs. Mary Emilie

educator and philanthropist

Elmira, NY

Available

p. 185-186

COIT, Mrs. Elizabeth

humanitarian and temperance worker

Worthington, OH

Available

p. 189

COLBY, Miss Sarah A.

physician

Sanbornton, NH

Available

p. 190-191

DAWES, Miss Anna Laurens

author

North Adams, MA

In progress

p. 235-236

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DIAZ, Mrs. Abby Morton

industrial reformer

Plymouth, MA

In progress

p. 240-241

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DODGE, Miss Hannah P.

educator

Littleton, MA

In progress

p. 248

FLETCHER, Miss Alice Cunningham

ethnologist

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 293

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FOXWORTHY, Miss Alice S.

educator

Mount Carmel, Fleming County, KY

In progress

p. 297-298

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FRISSELL, Miss Seraph

physician

Peru, MA

In progress

p. 304

FUSSELL, Miss Susan

educator, army nurse, and philanthropist

Kennett Square, PA

Available

p. 307-308

GILES, Miss Anne H.

philanthropist

Prairie du Chien, WI

Available

p. 319-320

GORDON, Dr. S. Anna

physician and author

Charlemont, MA

Available

p. 327-328

HARRELL, Mrs. Sarah Carmichael

educator and reformer

Brookville, IN

Available

p. 358-359

HAWES, Miss Charlotte W.

composer, lecturer and musical educator

Wrentham, MA

Available

p. 363-364

HODGINS, Miss Louise Manning

author and educator

Ipswich, MA

Available

p. 382-383

HUNT, Mrs. Mary H.

temperance reformer

Litchfield, CT

In progress

p. 404-405

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LA FETRA, Mrs. Sarah Doan

temperance worker

Sabina, OH

In progress

p. 443

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LEONARD, Anna Byford

sanitary reformer

Mount Vernon, IN

In progress

p. 457

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LOWMAN, Mrs. Mary D.

municipal officer

Shelocta, PA

In progress

p. 476

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MATHER, Mrs. Sarah Ann

philanthropist

Chester, MA

In progress

p. 496

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MILLER, Mrs. Emily Huntington

author and educator

Brooklyn, CT

Available

p. 505-506

PECK, Miss Annie Smith

archaeologist, educator and lecturer

Providence, RI

Available

p. 563

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PEEKE, Mrs. Margaret Bloodgood

author

Saratoga Springs, NY

In progress

p. 564

RICHARDS, Mrs. Ellen Henrietta

educator and chemist

Dunstable, MA

Available

ROBINSON, Mrs. Jane Bancroft

author and educator

West Stockbridge, MA

In progress

p. 615-616

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SEDGWICK, Miss Catharine Maria

author

Stockbridge, MA

In progress

p. 639

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SHEARDOWN, Mrs. Annie Fillmore

singer and musical educator

Franklin, CT

In progress

p. 650

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SMITH, Miss Helen Morton

journalist

Sullivan Harbor, ME

In progress

p. 664

SPEAR, Mrs. Catherine Swan Brown

reformer and educator

Hubbardston, MA

Available.

p. 672-673

STRANAHAN, Mrs. Clara Harrison

author

Westfield, MA

In progress

p. 698

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WEBSTER, Miss Helen L.

professor of comparative philology in Wellesley College

Boston, MA

In progress

p. 756

WERTMAN, Mrs. Sarah Killgore

lawyer

Jefferson, Clinton County, IN

In progress

p. 759

WILLARD, Mrs. Emma

educator

Berlin, CT

In progress

p. 777

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WILLARD, Miss Frances Elizabeth

educator, reformer and philanthropist

Churchville, NY

In progress

p. 777-781