25 Sep | Herstorical.Reflections

Mercy Otis Warren (25 Sep 1728 – 19 Oct 1814 | Barnstable MA – Plymouth MA) poet, political writer.


Maria Parloa (25 Sep 1843 – 21 Aug 1909 | Boston MA – Bethel CT) lecturer, cookbook / housekeeping author, cooking schools founder, aka America’s First Celebrity Cook, pioneer home economics / domestic science teacher, women’s immigrant activist / educator.


Lucy Rebecca Buck (25 Sep 1845 – 20 Aug 1918 | Warren VA – Front Royal VA) posthumous author, Confederate Civil War diarist.


Vinnie Ream Hoxie (25 Sep 1847 – 12 Jan 1914 | Madison WI – Washington DC) harpist, sculptor, creator of US Capitol Lincoln Statue, first woman / youngest person to receive government commission for sculpture.


Madeline Yale Wynne (25 Sep 1847 – 04 Jan 1918 | Newport NY – Asheville NC) artist, teacher, metalsmith, philanthropist, short fiction writer, co-founded / leader of Deerfield Society of Arts and Crafts.