29 Jan | Herstorical.Reflections

Araminta Harriet Ross Tubman (29 Jan 1820 – 10 Mar 1913 | Bucktown MD – Auburn NY) African-American, US folk figure, former slave, Civil War spy / nurse, abolitionist leader, Underground Railroad conductor.


Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (29 Jan 1835 – 09 Apr 1905 | Cleveland OH – Newport RI) poet, aka Susan Coolidge, short fiction writer, children’s book author.


Sarah Loguen Fraser (29 Jan 1850 – 09 Apr 1933 | Syracuse NY – Washington DC) African-American, social activist, medical pioneer, first black female graduate Upstate Medical University, first black female doctor in Dominican Republic.


Jeannette Meyer Thurber (29 Jan 1850 – 02 Jan 1946 | Delhi NY – Bronxville NY) pioneering music educator, American Opera Company founder, one of first major US classical music patrons, founded National Conservatory of Music of America, sponsored the debut of Boston Symphony in New York, created / funded scholarships for blacks / women / handicapped.


Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (29 Jan 1859 – 25 Jul 1915 | New Orleans LA – Cannes FR) American-French, artist’s model, Parisian socialite.