'YOU SHALL NOT KILL MY MISTRESS UNTIL YOU HAVE KILLED ME!'

Noble Deeds of the
World's Heroines

By

HENRY CHARLES MOORE

WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 Bouverie Street & 65 St. Paul's Churchyard
1903

PREFACE

In these pages I have tried to show how women, old and young, in many ranks of life, have proved themselves in times of trial to possess as much courage and daring as men. Some of these 'Brave Women' died for their Master's sake, whilst others, in His cause, passed through dire peril and grievous suffering. All of them counted not their lives dear unto them, so long only as they might do their duty. I have designedly omitted many familiar heroines in the hope of winning attention for some whose deeds have been less widely recognised.

H. C. M.

CONTENTS

I. BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN

ALICE AYRES AND THE UNION STREET FIRE
GRACE BUSSELL AND THE WRECK OF THE GEORGETTE
CATHERINE VASSEUR, THE HEROINE OF NOYEN
MARY ROGERS, AND THE WRECK OF THE STELLA
MADELEINE BLANCHET, THE HEROINE OF BUZANÇAIS
HANNAH ROSBOTHAM AND THE CHILDREN OF SUTTON SCHOOL

II. BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN THE MISSION FIELD

JANE CHALMERS; ALONE AMONGST CANNIBALS
ANNA HINDERER, AND THE GOSPEL IN THE YORUBA COUNTRY
ANN JUDSON        )
SARAH JUDSON   ) PIONEER WOMEN IN BURMA
OLIVIA OGREN, AND AN ESCAPE FROM BOXERS
EDITH NATHAN         )
MAY NATHAN            ) MARTYRED BY BOXERS
MARY HEAYSMAN   )
MARY RIGGS AND THE SIOUX RISING

III. BRAVE DEEDS OF WOMEN IN WAR-TIME

MARY SEACOLE, THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND
LAURA SECORD, A CANADIAN HEROINE
LADY BANKES AND THE SIEGE OF CORFE CASTLE
LADY HARRIET ACLAND, A HEROINE OF THE AMERICAN WAR
AIMÉE LADOINSKI AND THE RETREAT
LADY SALE AND AN AFGHAN CAPTIVITY
ETHEL ST. CLAIR GRIMWOOD AND THE ESCAPE FROM MANIPUR
THREE SOLDIERS' WIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA

IV. BRAVE DEEDS OF SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION

ELIZABETH ZANE, A FRONTIER HEROINE
NELLIE AMOS, A FRIEND IN NEED
ANNA GURNEY, THE FRIEND OF THE SHIPWRECKED
GRIZEL HUME, THE DEVOTED DAUGHTER
LUCY HUTCHINSON, A BRAVE WIFE
LADY BAKER, AN EXPLORER'S COMPANION

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BRAVE DEEDS OF RESCUE BY WOMEN

ALICE AYRES AND THE UNION STREET