Some Famous Women


Read by Pamela Nagami

(4.9 stars; 5 reviews)

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