04 Jan | Herstorical.Reflections

Helen Kendrick Johnson (04 Jan 1844 – 03 Jan 1917 | Hamilton NY – Rochester NY) poet, activist, travel writer, children’s author.


Esther B. Singleton (04 Jan 1865 – 02 Jul 1930 | Baltimore MD – Stonington CT) prolific author, journalist, Shakespeare researcher.


Frances Hammell Gearhart (04 Jan 1869 – 04 Apr 1959 | Sagetown IL – Pasadena CA) teacher, landscape artist, watercolorist, lino / woodcut printmaker, pioneer American fine art color printmaker.


Selena Sloan Butler (04 Jan 1872 – 09 Oct 1964 | Thomasville GA – Los Angeles CA) African-American, organized first black women’s Red Cross chapter, founder / first president National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Association [NCCPT].


Allie Mae Carpenter (04 Jan 1887 – 02 Jul 1978 | Prairie Home MO – Denver CO) artist, etcher, oil painter, pastellist, printmaker, tapestry artist, watercolorist, china painter, art educator, aka A.M. Carpenter, interior designer / decorator.