01 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

Annis Boudinot Stockton (01 Jul 1736 – 06 Feb 1801 | Darby PA – Fieldsboro NJ) poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, political activist, aka Duchess of Morven, one of first women published in the Thirteen Colonies, sole Febmale member of secret pro-revolutionary American Whig Society.


Mary Olivia Nutting (01 Jul 1831 – 13 Feb 1910 | Randolph Center VT – South Hadley MA) librarian, journal keeper, Mount Holyoke College’s first librarian.


Florence Van Leer Earle Nicholson Coates (01 Jul 1850 – 06 Apr 1927 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) poet, twice president of Browning Society, founded Contemporary Club of Philadelphia.


Velma Caldwell Melville (01 Jul 1858 – 25 Aug 1924 | Greenwood WI – Gainesville FL) poet, editor, prose writer.


Alice Barber Stephens (01 Jul 1858 – 13 Jul 1932 | Salem NJ – Rose Valley PA) painter, engraver, illustrator.