23 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Mary Jame Mathews Adams (23 Oct 1840 – 11 Dec 1902 | Brooklyn NY – Redlands CA) poet, author, philanthropist, patron of arts / libraries


Molly Elliot Seawell (23 Oct 1860 – 15 Nov 1916 | Gloucester VA – Washington DC) historian, novelist, columnist, short story writer, non-fiction author


Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (23 Oct 1865 – 21 Feb 1918 | Chicago IL – Canton CN) nature writer, scientific historian, bird / wildflower specialist, American Red Cross active volunteer


Ethel Sturges Dummer (23 Oct 1866 – 25 Feb 1954 | Chicago IL – Winnetka IL) author, philanthropist, autobiographer, social welfare reformer


Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (23 Oct 1889 – 28 Apr 1957 | Karlsruhe DEU – Rockville MD) German-American author, psychiatrist, innovative psychoanalyst, identified schizophrenogenic mother