Rebecca Hammond Laird (07 Mar 1772 – 28 Sep 1855 | New Bedford MA – Madison IN) poet, teacher, aka the first poet in Indiana.
Mary Eleanor Brackenridge (07 Mar 1837 – 14 Feb 1924 | Warrick County IN – San Antonio TX) clubwoman, women’s rights activist, clubwoman philanthropist, co-founded Woman’s Club of San Antonio, first female to sit on any Texas university governing board, one of three women on first board of regents at Texas Woman’s University [photos © Texas Woman’s University].