Presents the intriguing biographies of twelve exceptional women who made an impact not just on their home state, but on the nation and the world.Deborah Dunch Moody, a dangerous woman --Kateri Tekakwitha, the lily of the Mohawks --Sybil Ludington, the female Paul Revere --Emma Hart Willard, champion of education for women --Amelia Jenks Bloomer, the well-dressed suffragist --Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people --Emily Warren Roebling, an unlikely bridge builder --Katharine Bement Davis, prison reformer --Mary Burnett Talbert, advocate of equality --Sara Josephine Baker, champion of health care for children --Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, patron of American art --Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement