
Mary Wells Morris (04 Sep 1764 – 06 Nov 1819 | Burlington County NJ – Wellsboro PA) Quaker, settler, namesake of Wellsboro PA [note: middle image is painting of anonymous Quaker woman].

Sarah Childress Polk (04 Sep 1803 – 14 Aug 1891 | Murfreesboro TN – Nashville TN) US First Lady, active Presbyterian, Presidential consultant, hosted first annual White House Thanksgiving Dinner.

Phoebe Cary (04 Sep 1824 – 31 Jul 1871 | Mount Healthy OH – Newport RI) poet, lyricist, co-author with sister Alice Cary.

Marion Juliet Mitchell (04 Sep 1836 – 30 Jan 1917 | Buffalo NY – Janesville WI) poet, graduate of first chartered US women’s college Ingham Institute in Le Roy NY.

Isabella Preston (04 Sep 1881 – 31 Jan 1965 | Lancaster UK – Georgetown ON) British-Canadian author, civil servant, plant hybridist, horticulturist, first female professional hybridist in Canada, aka Queen of Ornamental Horticulture.