Chronicles of the lives of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone throw light on the obstacles confronting, and the achievements accomplished by, the early women's movement
Brief biographies of women who have made outstanding contributions to science: Annie Cannon, Lillian Gilbreth, Margaret Mead, Rachel Carson, Ruth Patrick, and Eugenie Clark.
Biographies of Minnie Fiske, Ethel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Lillian Hellman, and Julie Harris, and profiles of 10 other outstanding women of American theater.
Brief biographies of five women doctors who, despite many difficulties, made singular contributions to the field of medicine and to society in general.