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A biography of U.S. Methodist missionary and suffragist Elizabeth U. Yates is presented. She was born in Bristol, Maine, in 1857. She was active in the Methodist Church and excelled in public speaking. She was licensed to preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a missionary in China from 1880 to 1886. She returned to Maine and was active in the U.S. Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the U.S. National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), and lectured throughout the U.S. She died in 1942.

The article focuses on the history of the Miss Nebraska beauty pageant and the experiences of the 1972 winner Jeanine Giller. The authors provide an overview of the history of American beauty pageants, including the controversies and politics involved with the competitions. They discuss the feminist protests that took place at beauty pageants during the 1960s and 1970s, examine Giller's role in Nebraska pageant culture, and explore how Giller brought publicity to Nebraska during her time spent at the 1973 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The article discusses a debate in Portland, Maine newspapers concerning women's suffrage in 1870. It particularly examines the role of "Daily Eastern Argus" newspaper editor and reformer John Neal. The author comments on responses in the Portland, Maine newspaper the "Portland Transcript," reflecting on editor Edward H. Elwell. The author also explores the context of the 1870 Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which had granted suffrage to African American males. Anxieties concerning women's place in society and engagement in politics are considered.

The article analyzes the diary and social life of religious activist Sarah Connell Ayer through a study of her diary entries and correspondences dating from 1805. Her religious life and development of female friendships during her formative years while attending girl's academies in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Andover, Massachusetts is discussed. How Ayer's aunts influenced her ideals of female companionship is detailed. How she was transformed into an enthusiastic Christian missionary under the guidance of Reverend Edward Payson of the Second Congregational Church of Portland, Maine is described. Her involvement in converting mariners as a member of the Marine Bible Society of Portland is examined.