15 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (15 Jul 1793 – 15 Jul 1884 | Berlin CT – Baltimore MD) author, educator, botanist, naturalist, textbook publisher.


Almira Olmstead Ambler (15 Jul 1807 – 26 Jun 1891 | Wilton CT – Danbury CT) folk figure, Civil War Union nurse, social activist / commentator.


Olive Risley Seward (15 Jul 1844 – 27 Nov 1908 | Fredonia NY – Washington DC) memoirist, travel writer, founded Literary Society of Washington.


Lorraine J. Pitkin (15 Jul 1845 – 1922 | Waddington NY – Chicago IL) women’s activist, political postmaster, community activist, Order of the Eastern Star leader, compiled / published sheet music, co-organized Masonic Orphans Homes, member / president Woman’s Relief Corps.


Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (15 Jul 1850 – 22 Dec 1917 | Sant’Angelo IT – Chicago IL) educator, missionary, memoirist, Catholic saint, Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart founder / director.