"An entertaining glimpse into the lives and accomplishments of over a dozen women spanning
a millennium of achievement. S. Patricia Bailey reads these essays with flourish, clearly enjoying her subjects."
--AudioFile

The individuals in this book played important roles in history and their accomplishments span a range of fields,
from the literary to political to medical. They include Cleopatra, Theodora, Joan of Arc, Mary Queen of Scots,
Queen Christina, Madame de Maintenon, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Florence
Nightengale, Susan B. Anthony, Frances E. Willard, Catherine Breshkovsky, Sarah Bernhardt, Isadora Duncan,
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Jane Addams, Evangeline Booth, Helen Keller, and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.