08 Sep | Herstorical.Reflections

Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (08 Sep 1828 – 04 Nov 1918 | Syracuse NY – New York NY) teacher, heiress, philanthropist, arts / museum patron, progressive education advocate, founded Russell Sage College for women.


Phoebe Wilson Couzins (08 Sep 1842 – 06 Dec 1913 | St Louis MO – St Louis MO) orator, author, suffragist, first female US law graduate, first female US Marshal.


Ida Henrietta Hyde (08 Sep 1857 – 22 Aug 1945 | Davenport IA – Berkeley CA) author, world traveler, experimental physiologist, developed first microelectrode.


Mary Rockwell Hook (08 Sep1877 – 08 Sep 1978 | Junction City KS – Siesta Key FL) architect, autobiographical author, sole female architect student at Art Institute of Chicago, involved with designing / building Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky Appalachian Mountains.


Mary Morton Kimball Kehew (08 Sep 1859 – 13 Feb 1918 | Boston MA – Boston MA) philanthropist, social reformer, women’s labor rights activist.