01 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

Abby Hadassah Smith (01 Jun 1797 – 23 Jul 1879 | Glastonbury CT – Glastonbury CT) suffragist, tax resister, women’s property activist.


Caroline Lee Hentz (01 Jun 1800 – 11 Feb 1856 | Lancaster MA – Marianna FL) author, novelist, playwright, literary figure, anti-abolitionist, short story writer.


Harriet Ruggles Gold Boudinot (01 Jun 1805 – 15 Aug 1836 | Cornwall CT – New Echota GA) folk figure, letter correspondent, Cherokee marriage partner / pioneer.


Emily Donelson (01 Jun 1807 – 19 Dec 1836 | Donelson TN – Nashville TN) shortest-lived US First Lady, White House Hostess.


Anna Eliot Ticknor (01 Jun 1823 – 05 Oct 1896 | Boston MA – Boston MA) author, educator, public library advocate, home education activist, founded Society to Encourage Studies at Home / first correspondence school in the US.