08 Dec | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary Aloysia Hardey (08 Dec 1809 – 17 Jun 1886 | Piscataway MD – Paris FR) educator, administrator, religious sister, established 25 convents and schools in US, Cuba, and Canada, first American-born Mother Superior of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

Lucy Addison (08 Dec 1861 – 13 Nov 1937 | Upperville VA- Washington DC) African-American educator, school principal.

Mary Kimball Morgan (08 Dec 1861 – 13 Oct 1948 | Janesville WI – Elsah IL) Christian Science educator, founding president of Principia Schools and College in St. Louis MO.

Nellie Verne Walker (08 Dec 1874 – 10 Jul 1973 | Red Oak IA – Colorado Springs CO) sculptor.

Stella George Stern Perry (08 Dec 1877 – 07 Nov 1956 | New Orleans LA – Brooklyn NY) poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, nonfiction author.

24 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Caroline Elizabeth Thomas Merrick (24 Nov 1825 – 29 Mar 1908 | East Feliciana Parish LA – New Orleans LA) poet, suffragist, short fiction writer, social / civic activist, women’s rights advocate.

Susan Hunt Hammond Barney (24 Nov 1834 – 29 Apr 1922 | Pawtucket RI – Providence RI) author, evangelist, aka The Prisoner’s Friend, founded Prisoners’ Aid Society of Rhode Island, National Superintendent of WCTU Prison, Jail, Police, and Almshouse Visitation.

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 Nov 1849 – 29 Oct 1924 | Cheetham Hill UK – Plandome NY) novelist, short story writer.

Lola Maverick Lloyd (24 Nov 1875 – 25 Jul 1944 | Castroville TX – Winnetka IL) author, pacifist, feminist, suffragist, social / political activist, co-founded Campaign for World Goverment, founding member of Woman’s Peace Party and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom [WILPF].

16 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (16 Nov 1806 – 11 Feb 1887 | Cambridgeport MA – Jamaica Plain MA) author, educator, biographer, publisher, kindergarten reformer, Transcendentalist.

Minnie Hauk (16 Nov 1851 – 06 Feb 1929 | New York NY – Lucerne CH) memoirist, operatic soprano, born Amalia Mignon Hauck.

Lucy Wilmot Smith (16 Nov 1861 – 01 Dec 1889 | Lexington KY – Lexington KY) editor, teacher, historian, journalist, suffragist, social activist, African-American, women’s rights activist, unfinished book: Women and Their Achievements, one of first female office holder of American National Baptist Convention.

Edith Ogden Harrison (16 Nov 1862 – 22 May 1955 | New Orleans LA – Chicago IL) novelist, travel writer, children’s / fairy tales author, autobiographical author, children’s theater collaborator.

06 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba (06 Nov 1795 – 20 Apr 1874 | New Orleans LA – Paris FR) aristocrat, land developer, businesswoman, art / folk / literary figure.

Mary Owens Cook (06 Nov 1831 – 07 Mar 1918 | Cincinnati OH – Des Moines IA) pioneer, civic / social activist, natural and adoptive mother, adoption legislation activist / advocate [note: generic image of mother and child].

Anna Harriet Edwards Leonowens (06 Nov 1831 – 19 Jan 1915 | Ahmednagar IND – Montreal QC) Canadian, teacher, folk figure, suffragist, memoirist, women’s activist, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design co-founder.

Angie Warren Perkins (06 Nov 1858 – 28 Jan 1921 | Danielson CT – Knoxville TN) author, educator, travel writer, club woman, first female dean University of Tennessee.

Helen Bradford Thompson Woolley (06 Nov 1874 – 24 Dec 1947 | Chicago IL – Havertown PA) author, psychologist, gender-difference researcher, pioneer in child developmental studies.

10 Sep | Herstorical.Reflections

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Hannah Webster Foster (10 Sep 1758 – 17 Apr 1840 | Salisbury MA – Montreal QC) epistolary novelist, newspaper columnist.

Marie Catherine Laveau (10 Sep 1801 – 15 Jun 1881 | New Orleans LA – New Orleans LA) nurse, midwife, occultist, Louisiana Creole Voodoo practitioner, aka Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, ongoing artistic / literary inspirational character.

Catherine White Coffin (10 Sep 1803 – 22 May 1881 | Guilford NC – Avondale OH) Quaker, Underground Railroad activist.

Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis (10 Sep 1844 – 24 Jun 1945 | Greenwood ME – Carson City NV) editor, journalist, publisher, civic leader, organizer / first State President of American Red Cross in Nevada.

Alice Brown Davis (10 Sep 1852 – 21 Jun 1935 | Park Hill, Indian Territory – Wewoka OK) educator, postmistress, cultural leader, first female Seminole Chief.

02 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Marie-Anne Gaboury Lagimodière (02 Aug 1780 – 14 Dec 1875 | Maskinongé QC – Saint-Boniface MB) pioneer / settler, Canadian folk figure, aka Grandmother of the Red River.

Hannah Jones Armstrong Wilcox (02 Aug 1810 – 19 Aug 1890 | Illinois US – Winterset IA) folk figure, Lincoln neighbor, Lincoln defended her son Duff in Almanac Trial.

Carrie Estelle Betzold Doheny (02 Aug 1875 – 30 Oct 1958 | Philadelphia PA – Los Angeles CA) philanthropist, library foundress, rare book collector, founded Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation, donated book collection to St John’s Seminary (Camarillo CA), funded construction of St Vincent’s Church (LA) and buildings at Loyola Marymount University (LA), former Doheny home Chester Place became Mount St Mary’s College campus, awarded title of Papal Countess (1939) by Pope Pius XII for her services to Catholic Church.

Mittie Maude Lena Gordon Nelson (02 Aug 1889 – 1961 | Webster Parish LA – Ethiopia) African-American, black nationalist, civil rights activist, established Peace Movement of Ethiopia.

Kate [Kathe] Steinitz (02 August 1889 – 07 April 1975 | Upper Silesia [now Poland] – Los Angeles CA) artist, art historian, focus on Bauhaus / Dadaist movement.

14 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

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Amanda Minnie Douglas (14 Jul 1831 – 18 Jul 1916 | New York NY – Newark NJ) author, storyteller, short fiction writer, children’s serial novelist.

Elizabeth Jane Pennock Tallman (14 Jul 1841 – 07 Mar 1941 | Ossian NY – Parker CO) writer, historian, business owner, early Colorado pioneer settler.

Kate M. Gordon (14 Jul 1861 – 24 Aug 1932 | New Orleans LA – New Orleans LA) suffragist, civic leader, periodical editor, co-founded Equal Rights Association, organizer / president Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference.

Florence Bascom (14 Jul 1862 – 18 Jun 1945 | Williamstown MA – Williamstown MA) geologist, essayist, petrography expert / innovator, first woman hired by United States Geological Survey.

Gertrude Buck (14 Jul 1871 – 08 Jan 1922 | Kalamazoo MI – Poughkeepsie NY) poet, playwright, essayist, professor, rhetorician, textbook author, Christian Scientist.

09 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

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Fanny Fern (09 Jul 1811 – 10 Oct 1872 | Portland ME – Manhattan NY) novelist, humorist, born Sara Payson Willis, children’s book author, pioneering female newspaper columnist for The New York Ledger.

Clara Louise Kellogg (09 Jul 1842 – 13 May 1916 | Sumterville SC – New Hartford CT) memoirist, operatic prima donna, opera company founder / director.

Dorothy Thompsom Kopf (09 Jul 1893 – 30 Jan 1961 | Lancaster NY – Lisbon PT) author, journalist, radio broadcaster, aka First Lady of American Journalism, during her life: Second Most Influential Woman in America.

Eunice Allen Lyons Sanborn (09 Jul 1895 – 31 Jan 2011 | Lake Charles LA – Cherokee TX) community activist, co-founded / funded Love’s Lookout Park in Cherokee County TX, supercentenarian [114 years, 195 days], oldest person in United States at time of her death.

Editta Rinaldo Sherman (09 Jul 1912 – 01 Nov 2013 | Philadelphia PA – New York NY) photographer, aka The Duchess of Carnegie Hall.

15 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Adah Isaacs Menken (15 Jun 1835 – 10 Aug 1868 | New Orleans LA – Paris FR) poet, painter, actress, journalist, née Dolores Adios Fuertes, highest earning actress of her time.

Kate Elizabeth Duval Hughes (15 Jun 1837 – unknown | Philadelphia PA – unknown) author, inventor, translator, US government clerk, Catholic youth writer, invented / patented Combined Window-Sash Fasteners and Holders, created ointment for skin diseases after rediscovering the art of extracting frankincense essential oil, died in poverty and obscurity.

Ernestine Rössler Schumann-Heink (15 Jun 1861 – 17 Nov 1936 | Liebe BOH – Hollywood CA) operatic contralto, historical preservationist, WWII US supporter / fundraiser / entertainer.

Grace Hall Hemingway (15 Jun 1872 – 28 Jun 1951 | Chicago IL – Oak Park IL) painter, composer, opera singer, voice teacher, mother of author Ernest Hemingway.

Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (15 Jun 1876 – 26 Apr 1963 | Towanda PA – Princeton NJ) author, pen name H. T. Lowe-Porter, pioneering translator of Thomas Mann’s works.

05 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Kate Cumming (05 Jun 1828 – 05 Jun 1909 | Scotland UK – Birmingham AL) diarist, memoirist, Confederate nurse.

Miriam Florence Folline Squier Leslie (05 Jun 1836 – 18 Sep 1914 | New Orleans LA – New York NY) author, memoirist, publisher.

Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (05 Jun 1843 – 1926 | Wrentham MA – Cambridge MA) dime novelist, magazine writer, aka Mrs Georgie Sheldon, Mrs George Sheldon Downs.

Susan Stuart Frackelton (05 Jun 1848 – 14 Apr 1932 | Milwaukee WI – Kenilworth IL) artist, author, ceramics painter, Arts and Crafts movement leader.

Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman (05 Jun 1853 – 19 Mar 1915 | Cedarville IL – Chicago IL) banker, educator, social activist, craftswoman, philanthropist, Woman’s Club leader, physician’s assistant, sister of social activist Jane Addams, mother of Marcet Haldeman-Julius.