20 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Emily Howland (20 Nov 1827 – 29 Jun 1929 | Sherwood NY – Sherwood NY) author, philanthropist, freed slave educator, humanitarian, advocate, women’s rights activist, first female director of any US national bank, first female LitD from University of the State of New York.

Charlotte Garrigue Masarykova (20 Nov 1850 – 13 May 1923 | Brooklyn NY – Prague CZ) author, Unitarian, women’s rights advocate, Presidential First Lady of Czechoslovakia.

Clara McDonald Williamson (20 Nov 1875 – 17 Feb 1976 | Iredall TX – Dallas TX) self-taught painter, American Naïve artist.

Rose Pesotta (20 Nov 1896 – 04 Dec 1965 | Derazhnia UA – Miami FL) author, anarchist, memoirist, feminist, labor organizer, vice-president of ILGWU [International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union].

28 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (28 Mar 1854 – 07 Sep 1930 | Coventry UK – Stamford CT) English-American, artist, writer, art instructor, oil / watercolor painter.

Minnie Mancelona [Tip] Andress Pratt (28 Mar 1869 – 12 Nov 1962 | Missouri US – Petoskey MI) teacher, namesake of Mancelona MI, early pioneer settler family member.

Grace Gassette (28 Mar 1871 – 1955 | Chicago IL – Woodstock VT) painter, author, sculptor, WWI Honoree, amputee prosthetic / surgical tool inventor, Chicago Women’s Athletic Club founder, aka The Woman Who Remakes Broken Soldiers, American Ambulance Hospital in Paris surgical department organizer.

Anne Douglas Sedgwick (28 Mar 1873 – 19 Jul 1935 | Englewood NJ – Hampstead UK) American-British novelist.

Clara Lemlich Shavelson (28 Mar 1886 – 12 Jul 1982 | Gorodok UA – Los Angeles CA) suffragist, Communist, revolutionary, garment worker, labor organizer, peace / community activist, co-founded ILGWU [International Ladies Garment Workers Union], co-founded UCWW [United Council of Working-Class Women, which became Progressive Women’s Council].