18 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Phoebe Yates Levy Pember (18 Aug 1823 – 04 Mar 1913 | Charleston SC – Pittsburgh PA) memoirist, medical pioneer, Civil War nurse, Confederate hospital administrator.

Hannah E. Barker Taylor (18 Aug 1835 – unknown | Fredericton NB – Pasadena CA) poet, singer, hymnist, English-Native American-Canadian, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union member.

Selma Kronold (18 Aug 1861 – 09 Oct 1920 | Krakow PL – New York NY) pianist, operatic soprano, music advocate, founded Catholic Oratorio Society of New York.

Jemima [Mina] MacKenzie (18 Aug 1872 – 27 Jan 1957 | Waterside NS – Pictou NS) humanitarian, medical missionary to India, founded Broadwell Christian Hospital and orphanage for children in India, adopted 44 children [21 reached adulthood].

Katherine Emilie Bashford (18 Aug 1885 – 03 Jun 1953 | Prescott AZ – Los Angeles CA) author, public and private gardens landscape architect, co-founder / first female president of southern California chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects [ASLA].

20 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

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Sarah [Sally] Wister (20 Jul 1761 – 21 Apr 1804 | Philadelphia PA – Germantown PA) diarist, Quaker, journal writer.

Laura Keene (20 Jul 1826 – 04 Nov 1873 | Winchester UK – Montclair NJ) actress, innovator, impresario, theater manager, born Mary Frances Moss.

Philomène Belliveau (20 Jul 1854 – 17 Mar 1940 | Memramcook NB – Rimouski QC) Acadian artist, portrait painter.

Hortense Sparks Ward (20 Jul 1872 – 05 Dec 1944 | Matagorda TX – Houston TX) writer, lawyer, suffragist, pamphleteer, women’s rights activist, first female attorney admitted to Texas bar, first female registered voter in Harris County, Special Chief Justice of first woman’s Appellate Court of Texas.

Anne Ryan McFadden (20 Jul 1889 – 18 Apr 1954 | Hoboken NJ – Morristown NJ) artist, painter, collagist, printmaker.

30 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Abba Louisa Goold Woolson (30 Apr 1838 – 06 Feb 1921 | Windham Center ME – Portland ME) poet, author, lecturer, historian, women’s dress reform advocate.

Mary Scott Lord Dimmock Harrison (30 Apr 1858 – 05 Jan 1948 | Honesdale PA – New York NY) former US Presidential First Lady, second wife of Benjamin Harrison.

Mary Blanche O’Sullivan (30 Apr 1860 – 1940 | Saint John NB – Boston MA) editor, writer, teacher, naturalized American, editor-in-chief of Donahoe’s Magazine, member of New England Woman’s Press Association.

Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel (30 Apr 1866 – 22 Jun 1936 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) pioneering female dentist, founded Women’s Dental Association of the United States.

Belle Skinner (30 Apr 1866 – 10 Apr 1928 | Williamsburg MA – Paris FR) arts patron, humanitarian, philanthropist, architectural restorationist, musical instrument collector, aka La Maraine [Fairy Godmother].

29 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Helen Louise Chapel Bullock (29 Apr 1836 – 1927 | Norwich NY – Norwich NY) suffragist, philanthropist, musical educator, temperance activist, women’s prison reformer.

Adeline [Addie] Lucia Hart Ballou (29 Apr 1837 – 10 Aug 1916 | Chagrin Falls OH – San Francisco CA) poet, artist, author, lecturer, suffragist.

Caroline [Carrie] Watson Fleming (29 Apr 1844 – 19 Jul 1931 | Fairmont WV – Fairmont WV) First Lady of West Virginia, civic / cultural / religious activist.

Margherita Arlina Hamm (29 Apr 1867 – 17 Dec 1907 | St Stephen NB – New York NY) author, journalist, suffragist, magazine editor, war correspondent.

Katherine Golden Bitting (29 Apr 1868 – 1937 | Stratford ON – Lafayette IN) author, food chemist, professor, food preservation expert.