31 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

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Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb (31 Oct 1816 – 07 Apr 1901 | Baltimore MD – New Orleans LA) philanthropist, founded H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University.

Eliza Boardman Burnz (31 Oct 1823 – 19 Jul 1903 | Essex UK – Walters Park PA) author, librarian, suffragist, founded Burnz’ Fonic Shorthand, shorthand inventor / educator / promoter, aka Mother of Women Stenographers, advocated Dianism sexual practice [physical contact without ejaculation].

Marie Louise Newland Andrews (31 Oct 1849 – 07 Feb 1891 | Bedford IN – Connersville IN) poet, editor, author, few works extant / ever published, founding member / secretary of Western Association of Writers.

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (31 Oct 1852 – 13 Mar 1930 | Randolph MA – Metuchen NJ) children’s poet / short fiction writer, adult novelist / short fiction writer.

Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon Low (31 Oct 1860 – 17 Jan 1927 | Savannah GA – Savannah GA) organizer / founder / promoter of Girl Guides / Girls Scouts USA.

29 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

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Lucy Goodale Thurston (29 Oct 1795 – 13 Oct 1876 | Marlborough MA – Honolulu HI) teacher, memoirist, letter correspondent, first Christian missionary wife in Hawaii.

[Susan] Helen Aldrich DeKroyft (29 Oct 1818 – 25 Oct 1915 | Rochester NY – Dansville NY) poet, adult-onset blindness, aka The Blind Woman Poet.

Harriet Powers (29 Oct 1837 – 01 Jan 1910 | Clarke County GA – Clarke County GA) folk artist, famous quiltmaker, freed African-American slave.

Elizabeth Flint Wade (29 Oct 1849 – 01 Dec 1915 | Cassville NY – Norwalk CT) poet, author, magazine writer, pictorial photographer, president of Scribblers literary club, editor of American Journal of Photography.

Josephine Beall Willson Bruce (29 Oct 1853 – 15 Feb 1923 | Philadelphia PA – Kimball WV) socialite, women’s rights advocate, editor of NACW journal National Notes, principal at Tuskegee University, first black female teacher in Cleveland public schools, active member National Organization of Afro-American Women.

14 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

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Laura Askew Haygood (14 Oct 1845 – 29 Apr 1900 | Watkinsville GA – Shanghai CN) educator, missionary, memoirist, letter correspondent.

Mary Theodora [Dora] Starbuck Ebert (14 Oct 1856 – 29 Feb 1924 | Winston NC – Old Richmond NC) boarding house owner / operator, Moravian church and settlement family member.

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (14 Oct 1856 – 03 Nov 1928 | Clinton IA – Geneva CH) writer, geographer, photographer, Washington DC cherry-tree-planting advocate, first female board member of National Geographic Society.

Winifred Sweet Black Bonfils (14 Oct 1863 – 25 May 1936 | Chilton WI – San Francisco CA) reporter, journalist, columnist, pen names Annie Laurie and Winifred Black.

15 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Anna L. Clapp (15 Aug 1814 – 03 Dec 1889 | Cambridge NY – Lee Center IL) Civil War nurse, Ladies Union Aid Society founder, Western Sanitary Commission president, female veteran nurse benefits / pensions activist / spokeswoman.

Ann Pamela Cunningham (15 Aug 1816 – 01 May 1875 | Rosemont Plantation SC – Rosemont Plantation SC) historical preservationist, founded The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union.

Biddy Mason (15 Aug 1818 – 16 Jan 1891 | Hancock GA – Los Angeles CA) social activist, humanitarian, philanthropist, businesswoman, nurse / midwife, freed African-American slave, founded travelers center / black elementary school / first A.M.E. Church in California.

Virginia Clemm Poe (15 Aug 1822 – 30 Jan 1847 | Baltimore MD – Fordham NY) literary folk figure, wife / first cousin of Edgar Allan Poe.

Mary Cunningham Logan (15 Aug 1838 – 22 Feb 1922 | Petersburg MO – Washington DC ) writer, editor, memoirist.

11 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Eliza Hart Spalding (11 Aug 1807 – 13 Jan 1851 | Kensington CT – Brownsville OR) diarist, pioneer, missionary to Nez Perce, mother of Eliza Spalding Warren.

Octavia Walton Le Vert (11 Aug 1811 – 12 Mar 1877 | Augusta GA – Augusta GA) author, socialite, social activist, memoirist, travel writer.

Oriana [Orie] Russell Moon Andrews (11 Aug 1834 – 26 Dec 1883 | Viewmont VA – Scottsville VA) aka Dr. Orie Moon, Civil War Confederate doctor, Bedouin missionary physician.

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (11 Aug 1836 – 22 Dec 1919 | Lexington KY – Caldwell NJ) poet.

Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (11 Aug 1862 – 28 Dec 1946 | Janesville WI – Hollywood CA) poet, pianist, singer-songwriter, first US female music publisher, autobiographical author, first woman to sell one million copies of a song.

10 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary Sargeant Neal Gove Nichols (10 Aug 1810 – 30 May 1884 | Goffstown NH – London UK) writer, lecturer, educator, suffragist, visionary, vegetarian, health reformer, autobiographer, hydrotherapy advocate, women’s rights activist.

Eliza Frances Andrews (10 Aug 1840 – 21 Jan 1931 | Washington GA – Rome GA) diarist, botanist, essayist, educator, memoirist, textbook author, magazine writer.

Mary Artemesia Lathbury (10 Aug 1841 – 20 Oct 1913 | Manchester NY – East Orange NJ) hymnist, children’s book author, religious periodical writer.

Gertrude Bloede (10 Aug 1845 – 14 Aug 1945 | Dresden DEU – Baldwin NY) German-born American poet, pen name: Stuart Sterne.

Mary [C. C.] Carroll Craig Bradford (10 Aug 1856 – 15 Jan 1938 | Brooklyn NY – Denver CO) politician, suffragist, Colorado State Superintendent of Public Instruction, first female delegate to 1908 Democratic National Convention, president: National Education Association, Colorado Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Colorado Springs Equal Suffrage Association.

09 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (09 Aug 1757 – 09 Nov 1854 | Albany NY – Washington DC) archivist, social activist, orphanage founder / supporter.

Mary Randolph (09 Aug 1762 – 23 Jan 1828 | Manakin VA – Washington DC) cookbook / housekeeping author, women’s domestic freedom advocate.

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (09 Aug 1861 – 05 Oct 1942 | San Francisco CA – San Francisco CA) author, astronomer, Director of Bureau of Measurements at Paris Observatory, endowed Klumpke-Roberts Award for service to astronomy / astronomy education.

Janie Porter Barrett (09 Aug 1865 – 27 Aug 1948 | Athens GA – Hampton VA) educator, social reformer, welfare worker, founded Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, Virginia State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs founder / leader.

Lula May Hefner (09 Aug 1874 – 19 Jul 1954 | Nowata OK – Oklahoma City OK) milliner, Cherokee, businesswoman, first female oil driller in Oklahoma, first female to drill oil on her own property in Oklahoma, owned largest car garage in Oklahoma.

07 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (07 Aug 1813 – 24 Aug 1876 | Bloomfield NY – Providence RI) educator, suffragist, publisher, abolitionist, founding member of New England Woman Suffrage Association.

Alice James (07 Aug 1848 – 06 Mar 1892 | New York NY – London UK) editor, diarist, history teacher, literary figure, letter correspondent.

Ellen Fitz Pendleton (07 Aug 1864 – 26 Jul 1936 | Westerly RI – Newton MA) mathematics professor, long-term president of Wellesley College, academic freedom advocate, first woman on panel to award American Peace Prize.

Florence Margaret Martus (07 Aug 1868 – 08 Feb 1943 | Chatham GA – Savannah GA) folk figure, lighthouse keeper, aka Savannah’s Waving Girl.

Amelia [Amy] Elizabeth du Pont (07 Aug 1875 – 16 Feb 1962 | Wilmington DE – Montecito CA) heiress, aka Miss Amy, philanthropist, founded Unidel Foundation, funded University of Delaware.

06 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Zerelda G. Wallace (06 Aug 1817 – 19 Mar 1901 | Bourbon KY – Jennings IN) author, suffragist, temperance leader, First Lady of Indiana.

Myrtle Fillmore (06 Aug 1845 – 06 Oct 1931 | Pagetown OH – Lees Summit MO) author, memoirist, school teacher, New Thought practitioner, Unity Church co-founder, née Mary Caroline Page, aka Mother of Unity.

Susie Baker King Taylor (06 Aug 1848 – 06 Oct 1912 | Liberty GA – Boston MA) memoirist, social activist, Civil War nurse, aka The Black Clara Barton.

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (06 Aug 1861 – 30 Sep 1948 | Norwich CT – Oyster Bay NY) US First Lady, social activist, knitter and needlework artist.

Elizabeth Robins (06 Aug 1862 – 08 May 1952 | Louisville KY – Brighton UK) actress, novelist, playwright, suffragist, pen name: C. E. Raimond.

22 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Emily Austin Perry (22 Jun 1795 – 15 Aug 1851 | Austinville VA – Jones Creek TX) pioneer, heiress, font innovator, religious / educational philanthropist.

Caroline Wells Healey Dall (22 Jun 1822 – 17 Dec 1912 | Boston MA – Washington DC) author, feminist, reformer, club woman, Transcendentalist.

Kate Mason Rowland (22 Jun 1840 – 28 Jun 1916 | Detroit MI – Richmond VA) editor, author, historian, biographer, genealogist, historic preservationist, charter member of United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (22 Jun 1844 – 02 Aug 1924 | New Haven CT – San Francisco CA) aka Margaret Sidney, publisher, literary hostess, children’s fiction author, historical preservationist, Children of the American Revolution founder / facilitator.

Caroline Love Goodwin O’Day (22 Jun 1869 – 04 Jan 1943 | Perry GA – Rye NY) artist, politician, school board president, third woman / first NY Democratic Congresswoman, New York State Board of Social Welfare Commissioner.