Some Famous Women
Louise Creighton
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louise Creighton (1850-1936) was a British author and women's rights activist. The wife of the Anglican bishop of London, she was the mother of seven children. In this short book, Creighton gives us chapters on such well-known women as Joan of Arc, Florence Nightingale, and Queen Victoria. But we also learn about St. Hilda, the 7th century royal princess who became an influential abbess, the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry, and Isabella Bird, who thrilled Victorian readers with accounts of her lone travels on horseback to remote and perilous places. - Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D. (4 hr 43 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 5:07 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 1: St. Hilda | 15:30 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 2: Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent | 17:56 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 3: Jeanne d'Arc, Pt. 1 | 10:47 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 3: Jeanne d'Arc, Pt. 2 | 15:21 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 4: Margaret Beaufort | 21:43 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 5: Rachel, Lady Russell | 24:05 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 6: Elizabeth Fry | 20:02 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 7: Mary Somerville | 23:44 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 8: Julia Selina Inglis | 24:54 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 9: Florence Nightingale, Pt. 1 | 11:24 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 9: Florence Nightingale, Pt. 2 | 12:17 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 10: Isabella Bird, afterwards Mrs. Bishop, Pt. 1 | 11:07 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 10: Isabella Bird, afterwards Mrs. Bishop, Pt. 2 | 15:56 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 11: Sister Dora | 25:08 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 12: Queen Victoria, Pt. 1 | 13:30 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 12: Queen Victoria, Pt. 2 | 15:14 | Read by Pamela Nagami |