21 Sep | Herstorical.Reflections

Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (21 Sep 1809 – 26 Feb 1871 | Salem MA – London UK) painter, illustrator, essayist, journal editor.


Mary Monnett Bain (21 Sep 1833 – 30 Jul 1885 | Delaware OH – Osawatomie KS) philanthropist, women’s higher education advocate / supporter.


Mary T. Waggaman (21 Sep 1846 – 30 Jul 1931 | Baltimore MD – Baltimore MD) prolific children’s author and religious novelist.


Susan Macdowell Eakins (21 Sep 1851 – 27 Dec 1938 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) artist, painter, photographer, artist’s model.


Sara Delano Roosevelt (21 Sep 1854 – 07 Sep 1941 | Newburgh NY – Hyde Park NY) memoirist, mother of FDR, political family member, mother-in-law to Eleanor Roosevelt.