05 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

Hannah Clark Johnston Bailey (05 Jul 1839 – 23 Oct 1923 | Cornwall-on-Hudson NY – Portland ME) writer, lecturer, publisher, peace activist, pamphleteer, National Council of Women treasurer, Maine Women’s Suffrage Association president.


Frances Christine Tiernan (05 Jul 1846 – 24 Mar 1920 | Salisbury NC – Salisbury NC) author, novelist, aka Christian Reid.


Mary Augusta Jordan (05 Jul 1855 – 14 Apr 1941 | Ironton OH – New Haven CT) editor, author, lecturer, librarian, professor.


Wanda Landowska (05 Jul 1879 – 16 Aug 1959 | Warsaw PO – Lakeville CT) author, harpsichordist, musicologist, piano pedagogue, performing artist, first person to record Bach’s Goldberg Variations [1933].


Marjorie Stinson (05 Jul 1895 – 15 Apr 1975 | Fort Payne AL – Washington DC) aviation pioneer, aeronautical draftswoman, ninth female licensed US pilot, aviation training school co-owner / instructor, aka The Flying Schoolgirl.