Project Gutenberg 2020-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 165 Moore, Rebecca Deming 1877 Owen, Helen Mildred 1894 1946 Hill, Mabel Betsy 1877 1971 24003980 When They Were Girls Jane Addams -- Louisa M. Alcott -- Susan B. Anthony -- Clara Barton -- Amy Marcy Cheney Beach -- Cecilia Beaux -- Evangeline Booth -- Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Katharine Bement Davis -- Grace Hoadley Dodge -- Alice Cunningham Fletcher -- Louise Homer -- Harriet Goodhue Hosmer -- Julia Ward Howe -- Helen Keller -- Maria Mitchell -- Alice Freeman Palmer -- Maud Powell -- Ellen H. Richards -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Kate Douglas Wiggin -- Frances E. Willard -- Ella Flagg Young. E-text prepared by Roger Frank and Sue Clark from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "When They Were Girls" by Rebecca Deming Moore is a collection of biographical sketches written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on a diverse group of notable American women and highlights the formative experiences of their girlhoods, linking those experiences to their significant achievements in adulthood. The subjects range from social reformers like Jane Addams to literary figures like Louisa M. Alcott, emphasizing the resilience and determination that shaped their paths. The opening of the book introduces the editor's intent to showcase the early lives of these remarkable women to inspire readers. It discusses the challenges they faced, the dreams they nurtured as girls, and the hard work required to transform aspirations into realities. As the narrative launches into individual stories, it begins with Jane Addams, depicting her childhood curiosity about social inequalities, foreshadowing her future as a reformer and community leader. Each story is structured to reveal how the girls' experiences set the stage for their influential roles in history, celebrating their legacy of perseverance and commitment to making the world a better place. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Girls -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature CT Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 211923 2025-07-24T11:15:41.601456 text/html 189049 2024-10-17T16:52:55 text/html 1971993 2025-07-24T11:15:45.679411 application/epub+zip 1974176 2025-07-24T11:15:42.413574 application/epub+zip 145636 2025-07-24T11:15:42.005401 application/epub+zip 2036603 2025-07-24T11:15:48.036375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2026523 2025-07-24T11:15:45.258442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201642 2022-09-27T19:55:01.995435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179529 2025-07-24T11:15:41.164434 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159623 2024-10-17T16:52:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17971 2025-07-24T11:15:48.188369 application/rdf+xml 18639 2025-07-24T11:15:42.089409 image/jpeg 3022 2025-07-24T11:15:42.045420 image/jpeg 1915887 2025-07-24T11:15:41.690480 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia