07 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston (07 Mar 1670 – 09 Mar 1729 | Dublin IE – Charleston SC) pastelist, noted as first professional woman artist in America.


Rebecca Hammond Laird (07 Mar 1772 – 28 Sep 1855 | New Bedford MA – Madison IN) poet, teacher, aka the first poet in Indiana.


Elizabeth [Ebe] Manning Hawthorne (07 Mar 1802 – 01 Jan 1883 | Salem MA – Montserrat MA) author, sister of / coauthor with Nathaniel Hawthorne.


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].


Louise Whitfield Carnegie (07 Mar 1857 – 24 Jun 1946 | New York NY – New York NY) philanthropist.