05 Feb | Herstorical.Reflections

Lucy Wright (05 Feb 1760 – 07 Feb 1821 | Pittsfield MA – Watervliet NY) minister, preacher, aka Mother Lucy, Shaker dance form innovator, pioneering female Shaker leader.


Nancy Hanks Lincoln (05 Feb 1784 – 05 Oct 1818 | Hampshire County VA – Spencer County IN) pioneer, seamstress, American folk figure.


Sarah Goodridge (05 Feb 1788 – 28 Dec 1853 | Templeton MA – Boston MA) miniature portrait painter.


Katharine Caroline Bushnell (05 Feb 1856 – 25 Jan 1946 | Peru IL – Piedmont CA) author, scholar, feminist theologian, women’s religious rights activist, American Methodist missionary, member of WCTU [Women’s Christian Temperance Union], authored Bible re-translation called God’s Word to Women.


Maxine Elliott (05 Feb 1868 – 05 Mar 1940 | Rockland ME – Cannes FR) born Jessie Dermott, film / stage actress, theater founder / owner / manager.