12 Feb | Herstorical.Reflections

Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (12 Feb 1775 – 15 May 1852 | London UK – Washington DC) English-American diarist, harpist, travel writer, US Presidential First Lady.


Mary Pickersgill (12 Feb 1776 – 04 Oct 1857 | Philadelphia PA – Baltimore MD) folk figure, seamstress, flag maker, entrepreneur, philanthropist.


Almira [Myra] Willey Colby Bradwell (12 Feb 1831 – 14 Feb 1894 | Manchester VT – Chicago IL) attorney, publisher, political activist, founding editor Chicago Legal News, first woman admitted to Illinois Bar, denied initial admittance to IL and US Supreme Court.


Frances [Fannie] Barrier Williams (12 Feb 1855 – 04 Mar 1944 | Brockport NY – Brockport NY) teacher, lecturer, journalist, social / civil rights activist.


Alice Woodby McKane (12 Feb 1865 – 06 Mar 1948 | Bridgewater PA – Savannah GA) poet, first female doctor in Savannah GA, co-founded McKane Training School for [Black] Nurses.