Helen Herron [Nellie] Taft (02 Jun 1861 – 22 May 1943 | Cincinnati OH – Washington DC) memoirist, US Presidential First Lady, patroness of music, planted / arranged first plantings of Japanese cherry trees gifted to Washington DC.

Marjorie Hill Allee (02 Jun 1890 – 30 Apr 1945 | Carthage IN – Indiana US) fiction / nonfiction writer, young adult novelist, children’s book author.

Dorothy West (02 Jun 1907 – 16 Aug 1998 | Boston MA – Boston MA) novelist, short story writer, African-American, member of Harlem Renaissance.

Alice Jackson Stuart (02 Jun 1913 – 13 Jun 2001 | Richmond VA – Richmond VA) teacher, professor, educational advocate, first female African-American to apply [and be denied] for graduate school at University of Virginia, earned Master of Arts at Columbia University.

Betty Wishnick-Freeman (02 Jun 1921 – 03 Jan 2009 | Chicago IL – Los Angeles CA) art collector, photographer, philanthropist, biographical author, documentary filmmaker.