Heroines of Service: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Heroines of Service, credited to Mary Rosetta Parkman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Heroines of Service by Mary Rosetta Parkman. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were changing, allowing those with drive to serve in other capacities. In this volume, we briefly examine the lives of eleven such women, ranging from 'Our Lady of the Red Cross', Clara Barton to 'A Champion of the Cause', Anna Howard Shaw and 'The White Mother of Darkest Africa', Mary Slessor. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Heroines of Service
• Author credits: Mary Rosetta Parkman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 5:18:14

Catalogue topics

• women
• biography
• service

Track guide

1. 00 - Foreword — 3:43
2. 01 - Prophet and Pioneer -- Mary Lyon — 27:59
3. 02 - The Princess of Wellesley -- Alice Freeman Palmer — 25:50
4. 03 - Our Lady of the Red Cross -- Clara Barton — 26:47
5. 04 - A Maiden Crusader -- Frances E. Willard — 29:10
6. 05 - Julia Ward Howe -- The Singer of a Nation's Song — 31:51
7. 06 - A Champion of the Cause -- Anna Howard Shaw — 35:31
8. 07 - The Making of a Patriot -- Mary Antin — 27:22
9. 08 - A Campfire Interpreter -- Alice C. Fletcher — 26:30
10. 09 - The 'White Mother' of Darkest Africa -- Mary Slessor — 32:13
11. 10 - The Heroine of Radium -- Marie Sklodowska Curie — 27:17
12. 11 - The Heart of Hull House -- Jane Addams — 24:01

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