12 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Lilian Jeannette Rice (12 Jun 1889 – 22 Dec 1938 | National City CA – Rancho Santa Fe CA) pioneering female eco-conscious architect.

Lela Campbell Murray (12 Jun 1890 – 18 Mar 1949 | Kentucky US – San Bernardino CA) social / civil rights activist, pioneering African-American dude ranch co-owner / manager.

Djuna Barnes (12 Jun 1892 – 18 Jun 1982 | Cornwall-on-Hudson NY – New York NY) poet, writer, journalist, illustrator, memoirist, playwright, sketch artist.

Viola Blanche Evans Dean (12 Jun 1892 – 31 May 1974 | Clay County AL – Goodwater AL) teacher, author, naturalist, illustrator, conservationist.

Anni Albers (12 Jun 1899 – 09 May 1994 | Berlin DEU – Orange CT) author, weaver, Bauhaus graduate, printmaker, mixed media artist, German-American textile artist, born Annelise Elsa Frieda Fleischmann, founded Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.

27 Feb | Herstorical.Reflections

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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.