Physical description

304 pages; gilt edged pages; includes table of contents and b&w illustrations

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Book plate on front end page: "Box Hill State School,/ No. 463/ December 1886/Presented to/Blanche Davey/ for/ Good Conduct/ J. Williams/ Head Teacher"

Summary

The stories of 95 women from 500 BCE to 1816-55 are included in this anthology. The essays were selected of women considered to be significant in history "as set forth in the best words of the best authors". The profiles are written by various authors including Sir Walter Scott and Plutarch