03 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Narcissa Clark Chisholm Owen (03 Oct 1831 – 12 Jul 1911 | Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation – Washington DC) artist, educator, Cherokee, memoirist, painter, finger weaver, tapestry artist.


Anne Eugenia Felicia Morgan (03 Oct 1845 – 23 Dec 1909 | Oberlin OH – Santa Clara County CA) author, philosopher, professor of classics, focused on philosophical interpretation of literature, invented aesthetic-athletic exercise game called Bellecycle.


Emily Lilian Whiting (03 Oct 1847 – 30 Apr 1942 | Olcott NY – Boston MA) poet, author, journalist, literary editor, art / travel writer, esoteric spiritual thinker / philosopher.


Jeannette Leonard Gilder (03 Oct 1849 – 17 Jan 1916 | Flushing NY – New York NY) writer, pioneering female journalist, autobiographer, literary magazine co-founder.


Eleanora Giulia Amalia Duse (03 Oct 1858 – 21 Apr 1924 | Vigevano IT – Pittsburgh PA) aka Duse, actively / publicly bisexual, first woman featured on cover of Time magazine, honored by First Lady Frances Cleveland with first-ever White House tea held for an actress.

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