- A Little Girl of Hainburg
A Little Girl of Hainburg - A self-sustaining or balanced aquarium
three children looking at an aquarium Any transparent vessel capable of holding water, even a Mason jar will make an aquarium from which a great deal of pleasure may be derived. The old way of maintaining aquaria in good condition required a great deal of care and attention. The water had to be changed at least once a day if running water was not available, and altogether they were so much trouble that as a rule owners soon tired of them. Modern aquaria are totally different. By a proper combination of fish and growing plants we can almost duplicate the conditions of nature and strike a balance so that the water need never be changed except when it becomes foul or to clean the glass. - A windy day
Small girl waiting for old lady on a windy day. - Alice Cunningham Fletcher
This little girl was Alice Cunningham Fletcher. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1845. As she grew older, the thought came to her that if she felt so happy out in the open, how must the Indians feel who had lived a free out-of-door life for generations. Gradually she began to think that these people, whom the world called savages, must have learned something about how to live happily. Alice Fletcher resolved that, if ever there came a time when it was possible, she would go to the home of the Indians and try to discover their secrets. Meanwhile she studied all that books and museums could teach her of the story of the Red Men. At last, there did come a day when she decided to go and live among them. It meant leaving behind her, beloved libraries, fine concerts, beautiful pictures, and even a comfortable bed and easy chair. Miss Fletcher felt, however, that there was something that meant more than comfort to her. It was the doing of a definite piece of work that she believed would be useful to the world. Therefore, she left the friends with whom she could talk of books, pictures, and music, and went to live among the Dakota and Omaha Indians. From the door of her rude wigwam of buffalo skins, she could watch the little Indian children at play and see the everyday life of the older members of the tribe. - Alice Freeman Palmer
The Girl Who Guided College Girls When she grew up, Alice Freeman could still forget herself and enter into the moods of others. She seemed to know exactly how the other person felt. That was one of the reasons why, when she became the president of Wellesley College, she was able to help the students make the very best of their lives. - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
At the age of four Amy was finally allowed to play on the piano. Often when her aunt was seated at the instrument, little Amy would stand on a hassock and play with her, making up an accompaniment as she went along. Just as other little girls plan how to arrange their playhouses or how to make new dresses for their dolls, this little girl used to think out tunes. Once, when she was visiting at a house where there was no piano, she composed a little piece of music. She remembered it and three months later was able to play it correctly on the piano at home. She had composed three other little pieces before she was seven years old. - April
April - At School
Girls sitting on a bench at school reading - August
August - Baby and Blackbird
Little toddler pointing to a blackbird - Boy and Girl
Boy and Girl - Boy and Girl
A mother bird is feeding her babies and a boy and a girl are looking at them. - Boy and Girl encouraging their bird to come back
Boy and Girl looking out the window encouraging their bird to come back after escaping from its cage - Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple
Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple - Boy and girl in affectionate hug
Boy and girl in affectionate hug - Boy and Girl looking out the window
Boy and Girl looking out the window - Boy reading to two girls
- Cecilia Beaux
Whose Paint Brush Has Brought Her Fame Cecilia’s gray eyes grew thoughtful as she considered the drawing that she was copying. She held it at arm’s length, scrutinizing it critically. “Ah, this is much more fun than practicing scales,” she reflected. When the family examined these drawings, they said, “Cecilia would never be a success at music, but she draws very well.” This little girl was Cecilia Beaux, whose portraits have won many medals. She was born in Philadelphia in 1863. Her father came from Provence, France, where the people have ever been famed for their enjoyment of beauty. Her mother was of New England descent and had inherited from her ancestors the ability to do things and to do them conscientiously and well. From each parent the little girl received a golden gift: from her father, his joy in the beautiful; from her mother, the love of doing things. Her good use of these two gifts has made Cecilia Beaux a famous artist. - Children playing
Girl pushing a little girl along in a sled - Children sitting at the table
Children sitting at the table - Clara Barton
The Girl Who Unfurled The First American Red Cross Flag. It was Big Brother David who taught the little sister many things that were to make her a very practical “Angel of the Battlefield.” At five years of age, thanks to his training, she rode wild horses like a young Mexican. This skill in managing any horse meant the saving of countless lives when she had to gallop all night in a trooper’s saddle to reach the wounded men. David taught her, also, to drive a nail straight, to tie a knot that would hold, and to think and act quickly. - Costume for young girl. Period, 1821
Costume for young girl. Period, 1821 - Curly-headed girl sitting up in bed
Curly-headed girl sitting up in bed - Cutting out the material using a pattern
Cutting out the material using a pattern - December
December - Doctor visiting sick girl in bed
Doctor visiting sick girl in bed - Eight children
Eight children - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Ella Flagg Young
Boy hoeing between the cabbages as a girls reads a book - Ellen H. Richards
- Evangeline Booth
The Girl Who Lived The Meaning of Her Name Many a passerby on the crowded London street paused to glance at the earnest, thoughtful face of a slender, golden-haired flower girl and to buy a nosegay from her basket. When her stock was sold this girl, as fair and fragile as one of her own flowers, picked her way through the throng. She presently disappeared into one of the dirty alleyways, where only the poorest of Londoners lived. Children ran to meet her and rough men touched their caps as she passed. The sick woman whose wretched room she entered fell asleep peacefully after receiving a bowl of soup from her hands and a cheery word. For weeks this sweet-faced young girl, who sold flowers or worked at making matches, had been winning the hearts of the poor, discouraged people of this district. She tended their babies and prayed with the lonely old women. These people felt that they had found a friend who was sorry for them and who was always ready to give them aid. They called her the “White Angel.” - Fashions for April 1841
Fashions for April 1841 - February
February - First fight over a girl
Boy punching another boy as a girl looks on - Five children at the beach
Three girls, a boy and a baby at the beach - Frances E. Willard
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Girl Who Loved Stories And Wrote Them - Girl removing a spot on her clothes
Stains or spots spoil one's neat appearance and look careless. - Girl carrying a book
Girl carrying a book - Girl choosing a good book
Young girl deciding which book to read - Girl eating banana
Girl eating banana - Girl feeding birds
Girl feeding birds - Girl frowning
Girl frowning - Girl kneeling and drawing
- Girl playing with a kitten
Girl playing with a kitten - Girl playing with her doll
Girl playing with her doll - Girl reaching for a book
Girl reaching for a book - Girl reading
- Girl reading a book
- Girl reading a story to her doll
Girl reading a story to her doll - Girl sleeping
Girl sleeping - Girl standing under a tree in the rain
Girl standing under a tree in the rain - Girl studying contents of bathroom cupboard
Girl studying contents of bathroom cupboard - Girl walking heel to toe
Girl walking heel to toe - Girl washing her doll
Girl washing her doll - Girl with a cake
Girl with a cake - Girl with umbrella
Girl holding closed umbrella - Grace Hoadley Dodge
The Girl Who Worked For Working Girls A group of prominent men and women were sitting in the drawing room of a beautiful home in New York City, talking earnestly. Close by them sat a young girl, the eldest daughter of the house. She shyly added only an occasional word to the conversation, but she gave very careful attention to everything that her elders said. One member of this group was Dwight L. Moody, the famous preacher. The girl listened to him with particular interest, and was deeply impressed by all he had to say. There were often such gatherings in this home. No matter with what subject the conversation started, sooner or later came the question of how to help men and women lead the best kind of lives. It was not strange, then, that one day this young girl went to her mother and said, “I have found out what there is for me to do. I am going to help people.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
Harriet went to school in Watertown, and later attended a private school at Lenox, Massachusetts. After three years at Lenox, Harriet returned home. She then began to study drawing and modeling in Boston. Often she walked both to and from her lessons, a distance of fourteen miles. By this time, Harriet Hosmer realized that nothing made her happier than to turn formless bits of clay into beautiful objects. She felt that she would like to go still further in her work; she wanted to see some of her ideas take shape in marble.