NouvellesHistoire, Biographies, Femmes (biographies), Essais et documents généraux, Europe (histoire), Royauté (biographies)
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The life of an African princess who was about to be killed in a ritual sacrifice in 1850 when she…
was rescued by Commander Forbes, taken to England, and presented to Queen Victoria as Sarah Forbes Bonetta. The queen became Sarah's protector and godmother to her first child. For grades 5-8
Nouvelles, Littérature générale (romans)Histoire, Essais et documents généraux, Histoire (biographies), Sciences et technologies
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The title piece, first published in the Atlantic Monthly in April 1861, tells the story of an artist living in…
one of the early industrial towns of America and portrays the deprivation of the mill hands and their families. Also included are "The Wife's Story," "Anne," and a biographical sketch of Rebecca Harding Davis. These describe the lives of women constrained by society and by their own senses of duty