23 May | Herstorical.Reflections

Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (23 May 1810 – 19 Jul 1850 | Cambridgeport MA – off the coast of Fire Island NY) critic, editor, author, feminist, journalist, biographer, women’s rights activist.


Frances Auretta Fuller Barritt Victor (23 May 1826 – 14 Nov 1902 | Rome NY – Portland OR) poet, essayist, historian, columnist, historical novelist, aka Dorothy D. and Florence Fane.


Ellen Clementine Doran Howarth (23 May 1827 – 23 Dec 1899 | Cooperstown NY – Trenton NJ) poet, author, playwright.


Arabella Babb Mansfield (23 May 1846 – 01 Aug 1911 | Burlington IA – Aurora IL) lawyer, suffragist, educator, administrator, first female attorney in United States.


Maritcha Remond Lyons (23 May 1848 – 28 Jan 1929 | New York NY – Brooklyn NY) writer, feminist, educator, civic leader, second black female assistant principal in NYC, co-founded White Rose [Migrant] Mission.