12 Jan | Herstorical.Reflections

Caroline Maria Seymour Severance (12 Jan 1820 – 10 Nov 1914 | Canandaigua NY – Los Angeles CA) author, abolitionist, suffragist, women’s clubs founder, aka The Mother of Clubs, first woman registered to vote in California State.


Laura Adams Armer (12 Jan 1874 – 16 Mar 1963 | Sacramento CA – Yolo CA) artist, writer, photographer | Women.Bourne.Works © Susan.Powers.Bourne


Lucy Allen Smart (12 Jan 1877 – 07 Sep 1960 | Steubenville OH – Forest Hills NY) author, editor, historian, librarian, American women’s historical performance artist, curator for Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Museum, co-edited and co-authored (though uncredited) The Archaeological Atlas of Ohio 


Eloise Gerry (12 Jan 1885 – 11 Dec 1970 | Boston MA – Madison WI) author, research scientist, focus on southern pine trees / production of turpentine, one of first US women to specialize in forest products research, first female appointed to professional staff of US Forest Service at Forest Products Laboratory. 


Beatrice Banning Ayer Patton (12 Jan 1886 – 30 Sep 1953 | Haverhill MA – Hamilton MA) author, sailor, speaker, novelist, translator, equestrian, political figure, married to General George Patton.