22 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Emily Huntington Miller (22 Oct 1833 – 02 Nov 1913 | Brooklyn CT – Northfield MN) poet, author, educator, hymn writer, laid groundwork for formation of National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union [WCTU].


Abigail Scott Duniway (22 Oct 1834 – 11 Oct 1915 | Groveland IL – Portland OR) writer, suffragist, women’s rights activist, newspaper editor / publisher.


Mary Jane McAfee Atkins (22 Oct 1836 – 13 Oct 1911 | Harrodsburg KY – Colorado Springs CO) heiress, teacher, philanthropist, founded Kansas City Art Museum [now known as Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art].


Annie Louise Cary Raymond (22 Oct 1842 – 03 Apr 1921 | Wayne ME – Norwalk CT) opera / concert singer.


Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot (22 Oct 1843 – 10 Sep 1929 | Baltimore MD – Cambridge MA) poet, teacher, social worker, mother of T. S. Eliot.