17 May | Herstorical.Reflections

Annie [Narna] Payson Call (17 May 1853 – 02 Feb 1940 | Arlington MA – Waltham MA) author, healer, librarian, Swedenborgian, writer for Ladies Home Journal.


Mary Devens (17 May 1857 – 13 Mar 1920 | Ware MA – Cambridge MA) pictorial photographer, Photo-Secession member.


Helen May Butler Young (17 May 1867 – 16 Jun 1957 | Keene NH – Covington KY) bandmaster, aka The Female Sousa, first all-women brass band leader.


Dorothy Gibson (17 May 1889 – 17 Feb 1946 | Hoboken NJ – Paris, France) actress, scriptwriter, Titanic survivor, acted in first Titanic film, alleged WWII intelligence operative.


Louise Crenshaw Ray (17 May 1890 – 23 Oct 1956 | Butler AL – Birmingham AL) poet.