26 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (26 Oct 1818 – 13 Aug 1878 | Portland ME – Dorset VT) author, hymnist, educator, memoirist.


Mary Tenney Castle (26 Oct 1819 – 13 Mar 1907 | Plainfield Center NY – Honolulu HI) missionary, philanthropist, aka Mother Castle, progressive educator, founded kindergarten and orphans’ home.


Matilda Jane Sager Fultz (26 Oct 1839 – 13 Apr 1928 | St Joseph MO – Reseda CA) orphan, pioneer, folk figure, massacre survivor.


Tennessee Celeste Claflin (26 Oct 1844 – 18 Jan 1923 | Homer OH – London UK) writer, banker, broker, publisher, suffragist, Spiritualist medium, founded Woodhull & Claflin’s Weekly newspaper, first in US to print The Communist Manifestor, women’s rights activist / advocate, first woman [with sister Victoria Woodhull] to open Wall Street brokerage firm, aka Lady Cook, Viscountess of Montserrat.


Clara Chipman Newton (26 Oct 1848 – 03 Dec 1936 | Delphos OH – Cincinnati OH) artist, archivist, art teacher, women’s arts activist, watercolorist, painter of china and porcelain.