18 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

Clara A. Swain (18 Jul 1834 – 25 Dec 1910 | Elmira NY – Castile NY) author, educator, physician, missionary, founded first women’s hospital in India.


Helen Jackson Gougar (18 Jul 1843 – 06 Jun 1907 | Hillsdale MI – Lafayette IN) author, women’s rights leader / activist / lecturer.


Rose Alnora Hartwick Thorpe (18 Jul 1850 – 19 Jul 1939 | Mishawaka IN – San Diego CA) poet.


Margaret Tobin Brown (18 Jul 1867 – 26 Oct 1932 | Hannibal MO – New York NY) Titanic survivor, socialite, social activist, philanthropist, aka Molly Brown, Maggie Brown, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.


Rose Harriet Pastor Wieslander Stokes (18 Jul 1879 – 20 Jun 1933 | Augustava Suvolk RU – Frankfurt DEU) American writer, feminist, playwright, socialist activist, birth control advocate, autobiographical author.

18 May | Herstorical.Reflections

Mary Edwards Bryan (18 May 1846 – 15 Jun 1913 | Lloyd FL – Clarkston GA) poet, author, essayist, journalist.


Gertrude Käsebier (18 May 1852 – 13 Oct 1934 | Des Moines IA – New York NY) women’s photography advocate, pioneering artistic / portrait / pictorial / photographer.


Elisabeth Luther Cary (18 May 1867 – 13 Jul 1936 | Brooklyn NY – Brooklyn NY) art critic, biographer, translator.


Rachelle Slobodinsky Yarros (18 May 1869 – 17 Mar 1946 | Kiev RU – Chicago IL) author, physician, reformer, women’s rights activist, first woman admitted to College of Physicians and Surgeons in Boston.

04 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman (04 Apr 1760 – 1834 | New York NY – Burlington VT) botanist, gardener, illustrator, political activist / family member.


Dorothea Lynde Dix (04 Apr 1802 – 17 Jul 1887 | Hampden ME – Trenton NJ) nurse, author, mental health patient advocate, insane asylum activist / reformer.


Mary Jane Colter (04 Apr 1869 – 08 Jan 1958 | Pittsburgh PA – Santa Fe NM) artist, art teacher, architect, interior designer.


Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (04 Apr 1872 – 25 Jul 1947 | Worcester MA – Valatie NY) activist, author, pacifist, suffragist, sex educator.


Dorothy Lerner Gordon (04 Apr 1889 – 11 May 1970 | Odessa RU – New York NY) author, broadcaster, musician, youth advocate / activist.

21 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

Mary Dixon Kies (21 Mar 1752 – 1837 | Killingly CT – Brooklyn NY) milliner, inventor, first female US patent holder [1809], invented new method of weaving straw with silk and thread.


Lucy Taft Fisher (21 Mar 1805 – 20 Jan 1854 | Wendell MA – Oregon City OR) pioneer, American Baptist Home missionary.


Antonia Maury (21 Mar 1866 – 08 Jan 1952 | Cold Spring NY – Dobbs Ferry NY) author, astronomer, published early catalog of stellar spectra.


Amy Eliza Tanner (21 Mar 1870 – 01 Feb 1956 | Owatonna MN – Worcester MA) author, psychologist, doctor of philosophy, spiritual medium researcher, theater owner / manager, girls / women’s club activist.


Anna Strunsky Walling (21 Mar 1877 – 25 Feb 1964 | Babinots RU – San Francisco CA) author, Socialist, novelist, essayist, social / political activist.