Feminine Heroism, caption below illustration: "On coming near the cellar door, she exclaimed with pretended joy, though out of breath, 'I have found it! I have found it'- and in the same moment bounded suddenly against the sentinel at the entrance, throwing him headlong down the cellar stairs." This act caught the robbers and she, became the hero.

Feminine Heroism

Feminine Heroism, caption below illustration: "On coming near the cellar door, she exclaimed with pretended…

This image of Joan of Arc is from the painting by Nikolaki.

Joan of Arc

This image of Joan of Arc is from the painting by Nikolaki.