DescriptionA compilation of women's history essays edited by Rosalie Riegle Troester for the Michigan Women's Studies Association in Lansing, Michigan. The dark-red cloth-covered book with gold printing includes profiles of: Magdelaine Laframboise: Fur Trader and Educator by Keith R. Widder Sojourner Truth: Crusader for Women's Rights by Beverly Fish Laura Smith Haviland: Emancipator by Emily Dietrich Lucinda Hinsdale Stone: Champion of Women's Education by Gail Griffin Marion Marsh Todd: Populist Writer and Activist by Pauline Adams and Emma S. Thornton Mary Mayo: Leader of Rural Women by Marilyn Cul pepper Anna Howard Shaw: Orator by Dorothy and Lawrence Giel Ella Wing Merriman Sharp: Conservationist by Lynne Loftis and Natalie Field Caroline Bartlett Crane: Minister to Sick Cities by O'Ryan Rickard Bertha Van Hoosen: Surgeon by Clara Raven Voltairine de Cleyre: Social Visionary by Blaine McKinley Mary Chase Perry Stratton: Entrepreneurial Artist by Grace Stewart Martha Longstreet: Children's Doctor by Evelyn Shields Mary Carmelita Manning: Founder of Mercy College of Detroit by Susan Elizabeth Bakke Ana Clemenc: Heroine of the Copper Miners by Virginia Law Burns Marguerite Lofft de Angeli: Writer and Illustrator for Children by K. Fawn Knight Loleta Dawson Fyan: State Librarian by Emma S. Thornton Genevieve Gillette: Landscape Architect by Miriam Easton Rutz Harriette Simpson Arnow: Author by Sharon M. Rambo