16 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

Mary Baker Eddy (16 Jul 1821 – 03 Dec 1910 | Bow NH – Chestnut Hill MA) poet, author, spiritual leader, founder / leader of First Church of Christ, Scientist.


Abby Howland Woolsey (16 Jul 1828 – 07 Apr 1893 | Alexandria VA – New York NY) author, Civil War Union nurse, nursing educator, American relief worker.


Augusta Jane Chapin (16 Jul 1836 – 30 Jun 1905 | Lakeville NY – New York NY) author, educator, pioneering Universalist minister, women’s educational advocate, chair of World’s First Religious Parliament, first female on Council of the General Convention of Universalists.


Marietta Holley (16 Jul 1836 – 01 Mar 1926 | Jefferson County NY – Jefferson County NY ) poet, author, satirist, humorist, serial novelist, pen names: Jemyma and Josiah Allen’s Wife.


Clara Shortridge Foltz (16 Jul 1849 – 02 Sep 1934 | Lafayette IN – Los Angeles CA) lawyer, journalist, suffragist, public lecturer, women’s rights legislative activist.