21 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore (21 Oct 1813 – 11 Aug 1881 | Morristown NJ – Buffalo NY) heiress, eccentric, second wife of US President Millard Fillmore.


Martha [Mattie] Whitney Summerhayes (21 Oct 1844 – 12 May 1926 | Nantucket MA – Schenectady NY) memoirist, travel writer, world traveler, pioneer Army wife, autobiographical author.


Margaret Eleanor Theodora Addison (21 Oct 1868 – 18 Dec 1940 | Horning’s Mills ON – Toronto ON) diarist, educator, first dean of women at Victoria College, Ontario.


Josephine Lovett (21 Oct 1877 – 17 Sep 1958 | San Francisco CA – Rancho Santa Fe CA) stage actress, adapter, screenwriter, riding club co-founder.


Julia Lynch Olin (21 Oct 1882 – 11 Mar 1961 | Glen Cove NY – New York NY) author, publisher, member of Bahá’í faith [later expelled], autobiographical author, co-founded New History Society NYC, formed educational association / monthly magazine The Caravan of East and West.