Nightmare at Liberty Hall [Susan Livingston] -- First lady under fire [Dolly Madison] -- Ordeal in the Owyhee country [Sarah Winnemucca] -- Connecticut learns a lesson [Prudence Crandall] -- Woman who killed Judge Lynch [Ida Wells-Barnett] -- Mother Jones goes to war [Mary Harris Jones] -- Trust a woman as a doctor--never! [Elizabeth Blackwell] -- United States vs. Susan B. Anthony -- Voice of a race [Marian Anderson] -- Good angel of Oklahoma [Kate Bernard] -- "I speak as a woman" [Margaret Chase Smith] -- Doctor who said no [Frances Kelsey].
Summary
Brief biographies emphasizing the courage of twelve women both famous and little-known in United States history.