27 Feb | Herstorical.Reflections

Emma Jacobina Christiana Marwedel (27 Feb 1818 – 17 Nov 1893 | Münden DEU – San Francisco CA) German-American author, educator, feminist, children’s activist, Froebelian method teacher trainer, pioneer US kindergarten movement leader / activist / founder.


Esther Francesca [Fanny] Alexander (27 Feb 1837 – 21 Jan 1917 | Boston MA – Florence IT) author, illustrator, translator, philanthropist.


Eleanor Agnes Lee (27 Feb 1841 – 15 Oct 1873 | Arlington VA – Lexington VA) poet, diarist, memoirist, folk figure, Confederate military family daughter.


Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (27 Feb 1850 – 14 Jan 1943 | Boston MA – Gardiner ME) novelist, children’s poet, nonsense writer, biographer.


Kate Stephens (27 Feb 1853 – 10 May 1938 | Moravia NY – Lawrence KS) author, feminist, suffragist, biographer, short fiction writer, philanthropist, established Stephens Bequest.