Dedication
Foreword
What is SEPCHE?
Introduction
Chapter 1: Anna Johanna Piesch Seidel, Influential Moravian
Catherine Looker, SSJ
Chapter 2: Fanny Kemble, British Stage Actress: Philadelphia Abolitionist
Bernadette Balcer and Fran Pelham
Chapter 3: Assisium McEvoy, SSJ, Education Pioneer
Mary Helen Kashuba, SSJ
Chapter 4: Anna M. Ross, Civil War Nurse
Janice Showler
Chapter 5: Agnes Repplier, Essayist
Marie Hubert Kealy, IHM
Chapter 6: The Drexel Women, Educators and Philanthropists
Stephanie Morris
Chapter 7: Anna Kugler, MD, Medical Missionary to India
Karen Getzen
Chapter 8: Cecilia Beaux, Artist
Suzanne Conway
Chapter 9: Violet Oakley, Artist
David R. Contosta
Chapter 10: Ida Tarbell, Journalist, Muckraker
Marie Conn
Chapter 11: Mary Brooks Picken, Fashion Designer, Teacher, Pioneer in Distance Learning
Kathryn West and Patrick McCauley
Chapter 12: Gertrude Hawk, Candy Entrepreneur
Mary Ellen O’Donnell
Chapter 13: Rachel Carson, Environmentalist
David R. Contosta
Chapter 14: Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Computer Pioneer
Lisa Olivieri, SSJ and Merilyn Ryan, SSJ
Chapter 15: Adrian Barrett, IHM, Champion of the Poor
Nancy DeCesare, IHM
Chapter 16: Judee von Seldeneck, Diversity Hiring Expert
Nancy Porter
Chapter 17: Joan Dawson McConnon, Co-Founder, Project H.O.M.E.
Geralyn Arango
About the Contributors