11 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

Elizabeth Doughton Reeves (11 Nov 1799 – 30 Dec 1892 | Grayson County VA – Omaha NE) social activist, first female physician in Nebraska.


Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (11 Nov 1815 – 23 Mar 1891 | Bennington VT – New York NY) poet, critic, writer, teacher, socialite, literary circle figure, Barnard College co-founder, memoirs published posthumously.


Mathilda L. Mahurin (11 Nov 1827 – 16 Apr 1916 | Miami OH – Elkhart IN) teacher, Methodist activist.


Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs (11 Nov 1846 – 11 Apr 1935 | Brooklyn NY – Buffalo NY) poet, novelist, short fiction writer, pioneer detective fiction author, aka Mother of the Detective Novel.


Julia Brainerd Hall (11 Nov 1859 – 04 Sep 1926 | Jamaica – Rochester NY) artist, chemist, musician, still-life painter, co-developer of Hall Process for extracting aluminium from its ore.