Historic Girls: Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times

HISTORIC GIRLS - Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times

By E. S. Brooks

PREFACE.

ZENOBIA OF PALMYRA: THE GIRL OF THE SYRIAN DESERT. - [Afterward known as “Zenobia Augusta, Queen of the East.”] A.D. 250.

HELENA OF BRITAIN: THE GIRL OF THE ESSEX FELLS. - (Afterward known as “St. Helena,” the mother of Constantine.) A.D. 255.

PULCHERIA of CONSTANTINOPLE: THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN HORN - (Afterward known as “Pulcheria Augusta, Empress of the East.”) A.D. 413.

CLOTILDA OF BURGANDY: THE GIRL OF THE FRENCH VINYARDS

WOO OF HWANG-HO.: THE GIRL OF THE YELLOW RIVER. - (Afterwards the Great Empress Woo of China.) A.D. 635.

EDITH OF SCOTLAND.: THE GIRL OF THE NORMAN ABBEY. - (Afterward known as the “Good Queen Maud” of England.) A.D. 1093.

JACQUELINE OF HOLLAND: THE GIRL OF THE LAND OF FOGS, A.D. 1414.