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Rhoda Lavinia [Vinnie] Goodell (02 May 1839 – 31 Mar 1880 | Utica NY – Janesville WI) first licensed female lawyer in Wisconsin State.
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Katharine Putnam Hooker (02 May 1849 – 07 Jan 1935 | Milwaukee WI – Santa Barbara CA) socialite, philanthropist, travel writer.
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Margaret Hill McCarter (02 May 1860 – 31 Aug 1938 | Carthage IN – Topeka KS) teacher, novelist, founded Western Sorosis women’s club.
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Julia Barnett Rice (02 May 1860 – 18 Nov 1929 | New Orleans LA – New York NY) musician, physician, civic / social activist, documented unnecessary tugboat whistling / aided passage of 1907 Bennett Act, founding president of The Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, founded SSUN children’s branch for NYC Board of Education.
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Alice Bertha Kroeger (02 May 1864 – 31 Oct 1909 | St. Louis MO – Philadelphia PA) author, lecturer, librarian, professor, student of Melvil Dewey, founder / director of library science program at Drexel University [1892-1909].