Sharing equally with love in the capacity to influence, the fates saw fit to include in their intricate design another great disturber—WOMAN. Brilliant and luminous—sinister and black. The career of women in history is akin to a flaming torch whirling through the darkness. The center of intrigue, plot, and conspiracy, the power behind the throne, the inspiration for achievement, the tool, the instigator, the foil, the despoiler, the pawn, the reward, the cause, the effect, the beginning, the end—this is the history of woman. Thus, woman stands out, illuminating an otherwise dark picture. Sometimes magnificent, sometimes great, leaving an imperishable, immortal record. The molder of destiny, the creator of history.

