22 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

Elizabeth Newton Woolsey Howland (22 Jul 1835 – 03 Jul 1917 | New York NY – Newport RI) author, memoirist, Civil War Union nurse, Howland Circulating Library co-founder.


Maria Beulah Woodworth-Etter (22 Jul 1844 – 16 Sep 1924 | Lisbon OH – Indianapolis IN) author, preacher, minister, healing evangelist, aka Mother of Pentecost.


Emma Lazarus (22 Jul 1849 – 19 Nov 1887 | New York NY – New York NY) poet, author, Georgist, playwright, short story writer.


Mary Williamson Averell Harriman (22 Jul 1851 – 07 Nov 1932 | New York NY – New York NY) patron of arts, philanthropist, funded eugenics records / mental retardation research, founded American Orchestral Society, financed Tri-National Exhibition of Contemporary Art.


Mother Marie Joseph Butler (22 Jul 1860 – 23 Apr 1940 | Ballynunnery IE – Tarrytown NY) Irish-American, born Johanna Butler, Roman Catholic nun, educator / school foundress, founded Mother Butler Mission Guilds, instituted retreat movement for Catholic laywomen.