22 Sep | Herstorical.Reflections

Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (22 Sep 1795 – 23 May 1873 | West Hills NY – West Hills NY) Dutch-American, homesteader, literary family member, poet Walt Whitman’s mother.


Charlotte Sophia Sewall Eastman (22 Sep 1816 – 25 May 1896 | Hallowell ME – York ME) artist, portrait painter.


Jane Manning James (22 Sep 1822 – 16 Apr 1908 | Wilton CT – Salt Lake City UT) early LDS member, aka Aunt Jane, first black female Mormon pioneer in Utah Territory.


Mary Clement Leavitt (22 Sep 1830 – 05 Feb 1912 | Hopkinton NH – Boston MA) educator, suffragist, social reformer, girl’s school founder, women / children’s rights activist, international temperance leader / lecturer / founder.


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (22 Sep 1872 – 04 Jun 1958 | Cambridge MA – Portsmouth NH) author, magazine writer, aka Mrs. Fordyce Coburn.

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