31 Oct | Women’s Words & Works

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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.

27 Oct | Women’s Words & Works

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Mary Elizabeth Wilson [M.E.W.] Sherwood (27 Oct 1826 – 12 Sep 1903 | Keene NH – Manhattan NY) poet, essayist, memoirist, travel / etiquette writer, autobiographical author.

Janet Scudder (27 Oct 1869 – 09 Jul 1940 | Terre Haute IN – Rockport MA) sculptor, memoirist, born Netta Deweze Frazee.

Sharlot Mabridth Hall (27 Oct 1870 – 09 Apr 1943 | Lincoln KS – Prescott AZ) poet, author, historian, journalist, photographer, Arizona artifacts collector, local history / folklore lecturer, first woman to hold office in Arizona Territorial government, founded Old Governor’s Mansion Museum [now Sharlot Hall Museum], namesake for Sharlot Hall Historical Society [in Prescott AZ].

Emily Bruce Price Post (27 Oct 1872 – 25 Sep 1960 | Baltimore MD – New York NY) author, novelist, etiquette expert, founded The Emily Post Institute.

Jane Macklem Crisp Murfin (27 Oct 1884 – 10 Aug 1955 | Quincy MI – Los Angeles CA) director, producer, playwright, screenwriter.

08 Oct | Women’s Words & Works

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Caroline Howard Gilman (08 Oct 1794 – 15 Sep 1888 | Boston MA – Washington DC) poet, editor, author, publisher.

Abby May Alcott (08 Oct 1800 – 25 Nov 1877 | Boston MA – Concord MA) Unitarian, social activist, journal keeper, literary folk figure, one of first female social workers in Boston.

Emily Blackwell (08 Oct 1826 – 07 Sep 1910 | Bristol UK – York Cliffs ME) physician, professor of obstetrics, sister of Elizabeth Blackwell, second female MD graduate at Case Western Reserve, third female MD graduate in US, organizer of Civil War Women’s Central Relief Association / post-war United States Sanitary Commission, co-founded [with sister] NYC Women’s Medical College.

Louisa Lander (08 Oct 1826 – 1923 | Salem MA – Washington DC) expatriate US sculptor, narrative figure sculptor, American Civil War volunteer nurse.

Zara A. Mahurin Wilson (08 Oct 1840 – unknown | Burnettsville IN – unknown) lawyer, suffragist, women’s activist.

29 Aug | Women’s Words & Works

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Anna Ella Carroll (29 Aug 1815 – 19 Feb 1893 | Pocomoke City MD – Washington DC) author, reporter, lobbyist, politician, pamphleteer, US Presidential consultant, informal member of Lincoln’s Cabinet, never officially recognized for her strategic contributions.

Eliza Allen Starr (29 Aug 1824 – 08 Sep 1901 | Deerfield MA – Durand IL) poet, author, lecturer, illustrator, Catholic convert.

Abby Hutchison Patton (29 Aug 1829 – 24 Nov 1892 | New York NY – Milford NH) hymnist, concert singer.

Mary Garrett Hay (29 Aug 1857 – 29 Aug 1928 | Charlestown IN – New Rochelle NY) suffragist, community organizer, co-worker and companion to Carrie Chapmann Catt, president of Women’s City Club of New York / Woman Suffrage Party / New York Equal Suffrage League.

Florine Stettheimer (29 Aug 1871 – 11 May 1944 | Rochester NY – Manhattan NY) poet, painter, designer.

17 Aug | Women’s Words & Works

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Charlotte Louise Bridges Forten Grimké (17 Aug 1837 – 23 Jul 1914 | Philadelphia PA – Washington DC) African-American poet, educator, journal writer, anti-slavery activist, volunteer Civil War Union nurse, first black teacher hired in two different US schools.

Laura de Force Gordon (17 Aug 1838 – 05 Apr 1907 | North East PA – Lodi CA) editor, lawyer, Spiritualist, women’s rights activist, second female attorney in California, first woman to run daily US newspaper [Stockton Daily Leader].

Caroline Bartlett Crane (17 Aug 1858 – 24 Mar 1935 | Hudson WI – Kalamazoo MI) educator, suffragist, journalist, civic reformer, Unitarian minister, aka America’s Housekeeper.

Geneva [Gene] Stratton-Porter (17 Aug 1863 – 06 Dec 1924 | Lagro IN – Los Angeles CA) author, naturalist, wildlife photographer, early female movie studio / production company founder.

14 Aug | Women’s Words & Works

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Charlotte Fowler Wells (14 Aug 1814 – 04 Jun 1901 | Cohocton NY – West Orange NJ) author, phrenologist, journal publisher.

May Dickson Exall (14 Aug 1859 – 28 Sep 1936 | McKinney TX – Dallas TX) civic leader, clubwoman, arts activist, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts co-founder.

Florence Pullman Lowden (14 Aug 1868 – 05 Jul 1937 | Chicago IL – Chicago IL) travel writer, philanthropist, First Lady of Illinois.

Vivian Louise Aunspaugh (14 Aug 1869 – 09 Mar 1960 | Bedford VA – Dallas TX) painter, art editor, art teacher, art school founder.

Leila Edna Andrews (14 Aug 1876 – 28 Apr 1954 | North Manchester IN – Oklahoma City OK) author, pediatrician, pediatrics professor, hematologist, one of first two female members of American College of Physicians [ACP].

05 Aug | Women’s Words & Works

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Edith Dean Painter (05 Aug 1821 – 20 Jul 1899 | New Garden OH – Pasadena CA) Quaker, farmer, abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor.

Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby (05 Aug 1846 – 07 Sep 1916 | Cheltenham UK – Palo Alto CA) writer, editor, teacher, suffragist, public speaker, equal rights activist, public library founder, newspaper founder / publisher.

Mary Ellen Richmond (05 Aug 1861 – 12 Sept 1928 | Belleville IL – New York NY) social work pioneer, Unitarian, first Social Caseworker, aka Mother of Professional Social Work, [with Jane Addams] founded professional social case work.

Mary Ritter Beard (05 Aug 1876 – 14 Aug 1958 | Indianapolis IN – Phoenix AZ) author, archivist, historian, memoirist, suffragist, woman’s historian, women’s rights activist.

Ruth Wheeler (05 Aug 1877 – 29 Sep 1948 | Plains PA – Poughkeepsie NY) author, chemist, nutritionist, professor, developed first college curriculum for study of dietetics and nutrition.

31 Jul | Women’s Words & Works

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Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (31 Jul 1793 – 26 Jul 1827 | Boston MA – Concord MA) scholar, educator, Unitarian, intellectual, letter correspondent.

Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge (31 Jul 1811 – 26 Aug 1890 | Philadelphia PA – Chicago IL) author, fundraiser, welfare worker, Civil War administrator of Chicago Sanitary Commission, co-founded Chicago Home for the Friendless.

Lydia Moss Bradley (31 Jul 1816 – 16 Jan 1908 | Vevay IN – Peoria IL) social activist, college founder, philanthropist, independent financial manager, founded Bradley Polytechnic Institute.

Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet (31 Jul 1831 – 17 Sep 1911 | Brooklyn NY – Brooklyn NY) author, educator, suffragist, seamstress, school principal, educational activist, first African-American woman to found Equal Suffrage League organization, first black woman principal in the New York City public school system.

Amelia Stone Quinton (31 Jul 1833 – 23 Jun 1926 | Jamesville NY – Ridgefield Park NJ) Native American rights activist / advocate / organizer, co-founded Women’s National Indian Association.

18 Jul | Women’s Words & Works

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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.

16 Jul | Women’s Words & Works

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Mary Baker Eddy (16 Jul 1821 – 03 Dec 1910 | Bow NH – Chestnut Hill MA) poet, author, spiritual leader, founder / leader of First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Abby Howland Woolsey (16 Jul 1828 – 07 Apr 1893 | Alexandria VA – New York NY) author, Civil War Union nurse, nursing educator, American relief worker.

Augusta Jane Chapin (16 Jul 1836 – 30 Jun 1905 | Lakeville NY – New York NY) author, educator, pioneering Universalist minister, women’s educational advocate, chair of World’s First Religious Parliament, first female on Council of the General Convention of Universalists.

Marietta Holley (16 Jul 1836 – 01 Mar 1926 | Jefferson County NY – Jefferson County NY ) poet, author, satirist, humorist, serial novelist, pen names: Jemyma and Josiah Allen’s Wife.

Clara Shortridge Foltz (16 Jul 1849 – 02 Sep 1934 | Lafayette IN – Los Angeles CA) lawyer, journalist, suffragist, public lecturer, women’s rights legislative activist.