13 May | Herstorical.Reflections

 

Linda Gilbert (13 May 1847 – 24 Oct 1895 | Rochester NY – Mount Vernon NY) poet, inventor, welfare worker, prison reformer, prison library activist.


Ellen Spencer Mussey (13 May 1850 – 21 Apr 1936 | Geneva OH – Washington DC) lawyer, educator, women’s rights / law education activist, Spencerian Handwriting reformer / promoter.


Margaret Marshall Saunders (13 May 1861 – 15 Feb 1947 | Milton NS – Toronto ON) lecturer, romance novelist, children’s author, animal rights advocate.


Jenny Eakin Delony Rice (13 May 1866 – 01 Apr 1949 | Washington AR – Little Rock AR) painter, educator, aka Jenny Myrowitz.


Fay Kellogg (13 May 1871 – 10 Jul 1918 | Milton PA – Brooklyn NY) architect, steel construction specialist, pioneering female architect, women artists’ advocate.