13 Jan | Herstorical.Reflections

Ernestine Louise Susmond Polowsky Rose (13 Jan 1810 – 04 Aug 1892 | Piotrków Trybunalski PL – Brighton UK) American author, atheist, feminist, lecturer, abolitionist, women’s rights / political activist, aka The Queen of the Platform, first US female petitioner for married women’s property rights.


Sarah Horton Cockrell (13 Jan 1819 – 26 Apr 1892 | Virginia US – Dallas TX) pioneer, philanthropist, businesswoman, one of first Texas millionaires, City of Dallas benefactor.


Ethelinda [Ethel Lynn] Eliot Beers (13 Jan 1827 – 11 Oct 1879 | Goshen NY – Orange NJ) US Civil War poet.


Lilla Cabot Perry (13 Jan 1848 – 28 Feb 1933 | Boston MA – Hancock NH) poet, artist, painter, translator, self-taught till age of 36.


Charlotte E. Ray (13 Jan 1850 – 04 Jan 1911 | New York NY – Woodside NY) teacher, suffragist, first practicing female African-American lawyer.