01 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Sarah [Sally] Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (01 Oct 1759 – 06 Jan 1854 | York ME – Kennebunk ME) novelist, considered first American female writer of Gothic fiction, pen names: A Lady of Massachusetts and A Lady of Maine, Madam Wood.


Margaretta Angelica Peale (01 Oct 1795 – 17 Jan 1882 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) still-life painter, artistic family member.


Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee (01 Oct 1808 – 05 Nov 1873 | Arlington VA – Lexington VA) editor, memoirist, Confederate Civil War family figure.


Jean Brooks Greenleaf (01 Oct 1831 – 02 Mar 1918 | Bernardston MA – Rochester NY) suffragist, social / political activist.


Caroline Scott Harrison (01 Oct 1832 – 25 Oct 1892 | Oxford OH – Washington DC) First Lady, music teacher, co-founded Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR].

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