13 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

Julia Brace (13 Jun 1807 – 12 Aug 1884 | Newington CT – Bloomfield CT) nurse, deaf-blind from childhood typhus fever, developed unique system of signing, studied and worked at American School for the Deaf.


Mary Lydia Bolles Branch (13 Jun 1840 – 17 Apr 1922 | New London CT – New London CT) children’s author / short story writer.


Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten (13 Jun 1846 – 04 May 1929 | Lawrenceville VA – Winchester MA) poet, author, speaker, educator, historian, civic activist, North Carolina Woman’s Club leader.


Christine Terhune Herrick (13 Jun 1859 – 02 Dec 1944 | Newark NJ – Washington DC) cook, journalist, magazine writer, prolific cookbook author.


Alice Stebbins Wells (13 Jun 1873 – 17 Aug 1957 | Manhattan KS – Los Angeles CA) Pentecostal minister, first US female police officer, LAPD historian, international policewoman’s organization founder / president.