15 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

Ellen Louise Curtis Demorest (15 Nov 1824 – 10 Aug 1898 | Schuylerville NY – New York NY) milliner, fashion arbiter, magazine founder, tissue paper sewing pattern inventor / innovator.


Elizabeth [Lily] Benton Frémont (15 Nov 1842 – 28 May 1919 | Washington DC – Los Angeles CA) memoirist, letter correspondent, political family member.


Mary Emma Byrd (15 Nov 1849 – 13 Jul 1934 | Le Roy MI – Lawrence KS) author, educator, astronomer, photographer.


Margaret Amanada Haley (15 Nov 1861 – 05 Jan 1939 | Joliet IL – Chicago IL) teacher, unionist, teachers’ organizer, anti-corporate tax evasion, aka Lady Labor Slugger, first female / teacher to speak to National Education Association, first business representative of Chicago Teachers’ Federation.


Sara Josephine Baker (15 Nov 1873 – 22 Feb 1945 | Poughkeepsie NY – Princeton NJ) author, physician, essayist, lesbian, feminist, autobiographer, children’s public health activist / reformer, twice tracked down Typhoid Mary for quarantine.