24 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (24 Oct 1788 – 30 Apr 1879 | Newport NH – Philadelphia PA) poet, editor, author, letter correspondent, aka Mother of Thanksgiving, author of ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ nursery rhyme.


Adelia Sarah Gates Orpen (24 Oct 1825 – 21 Sep 1912 | Otego NY – San Francisco CA) artist, painter, teacher, watercolorist, botanical illustrator.


Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (24 Oct 1830 – 19 May 1917 | Royalton NY – Washington DC) author, attorney, educator, politician, suffragist, women’s rights activist, first female attorney to argue before US Supreme Court, first US female presidential candidate to receive votes.


Mary Lucinda Smith Lockwood (24 Oct 1831 – 09 Nov 1922 | Smith Mills NY – Plymouth MA) author, suffragist, travel writer, women’s rights activist, Daughters of American Revolution co-founder.


Annie Edson Taylor (24 Oct 1838 – 29 Apr 1921 | Auburn NY – Lockport NY) daredevil, school / music / dance teacher, first woman to ride barrel over Niagara Falls intentionally and survive, aka Heroine of Niagara Falls and Queen of the Mist.