21 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Henrietta [Hetty] Howland Robinson Green (21 Nov 1834 – 03 Jul 1916 | New Bedford MA – New York NY) heiress, folk figure, millionaire, financial investor, businesswoman, aka The Witch of Wall Street.

Rose Eytinge (21 Nov 1835 – 20 Dec 1911 | Philadelphia PA – Amityville NY) Jewish-American author, actress, memoirist, screenwriter.

Lucy Toulmin Smith (21 Nov 1838 – 18 Dec 1911 | Boston MA – Oxford UK) editor, librarian, antiquarian, translator, Anglo-American.

Isabel Florence Hapgood (21 Nov 1851 – 26 Jun 1928 | Boston MA – New York NY) author, essayist, ecumenist, translator.

19 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Ann Terry Greene Phillips (19 Nov 1813 – 24 Apr 1886 | Boston MA – Boston MA) nonviolent abolitionist, delegate to 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention, London.

Matilda Bradley Carse (19 Nov 1835 – 03 Jun 1917 | Saintfield IE – Park Hill-on-Hudson NY) Irish-American social reformer, women’s rights activist, businesswoman, founded Woman’s Temperance Publishing Association [WTPA].

Mary Ann Hallock Foote (19 Nov 1847 – 25 Jun 1938 | Milton NY – Hingham MA) author, illustrator, aka Dean of American Illustrators.

Grace Denio Litchfield (19 Nov 1849 – 04 Dec 1944 | Brooklyn NY – Goshen NY) poet, novelist.

18 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Henrietta Sargent (18 Nov 1785 – 11 Jan 1871 | Gloucester MA – Cambridge MA) abolitionist, founded Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society.

Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills (18 Nov 1826 – 12 Dec 1912 | Enosburg VT – Oakland CA) educator, missionary, co-founded Mills College for Women.

Amanda Akin Stearns (18 Nov 1827 – 02 Feb 1911 | Pawling NY – Pawling NY) author, US Civil War nurse, memoirist.

Abigail [Abbey] Perkins Cheney (18 Nov 1851 – unknown | Milwaukee WI – unknown) pianist, author, educator, innovative researcher into therapeutic physiological effects of playing piano.

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.

13 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Elizabeth Porter Todd Edwards (13 Nov 1813 – 22 Feb 1888 | Lexington KY – Springfield IL) Mary Todd Lincoln’s sister, guardian, helper, aided Mary’s release from insane asylum.

Helen Archibald Clarke (13 Nov 1860 – 08 Feb 1926 | Philadelphia PA – Boston MA) poet, author, editor, literary critic.

Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams (13 Nov 1869 – 12 Jan 1962 | Saint Petersburg RU – Washington DC) editor, writer, feminist, fundraiser, journalist, memoirist, biographer, liberal politician, women’s rights activist, member of All-Russian Union for Women’s Equality, co-founded Russian Liberation Committee in London UK.

Laura Hughes Lunde (13 Nov 1866 – 16 Jan 1966 | Toronto ON – Chicago IL) pacifist, feminist, socialist, civic reformer, Canadian-American, co-founded Canadian Labor Party and Canadian Women’s Peace Party.

Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd (13 Nov 1876 – 04 Sep 1962 | Athol MA – Pippa Passes KY) educator, journalist, social reformer, founded Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes KY.

10 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Phebe Folger Coleman (10 Nov 1771 – 05 Feb 1857 | Nantucket MA – Nantucket MA) poet, diarist, teacher, watercolorist, commonplace book author / illustrator.

Julia Zitella Cocke (10 Nov 1840 – 03 Dec 1929 | Perry County AL – Gadsden AL) poet, composer, essayist, translator, short fiction writer.

Cornelia Thurza Crosby (10 Nov 1854 – 11 Nov 1946 | Phillips ME – Lewiston ME) aka Fly Rod, columnist, sportswoman, first Registered Maine Guide [male or female].

Mabel Loomis Todd (10 Nov 1856 – 14 Oct 1932 | Cambridge MA – Hog Island ME) editor, writer, literary figure, known for editing / publishing Emily Dickinson’s poetry.

Jennette Barbour Perry Lee (10 Nov 1861 – 16 Oct 1951 | Bristol CT – Northampton MA) author, professor, novelist.

09 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Jane Eliza Newton Woolsey (09 Nov 1801 – 22 Dec 1874 | Alexandria VA – Glen Cove NY) author, genealogist, Civil War volunteer nurse, mother of volunteer daughters, member of Daughters of American Revolution.

Harriot Kezia Hunt (09 Nov 1805 – 02 Jan 1875 | Boston MA – Boston MA) memoirist, women’s right activist, pioneer female physician, first female to apply [and be denied] to Harvard Medical School.

Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett (09 Nov 1831 – 04 Jan 1898 | Owasco NY – Washington DC) painter, portrait artist.

Sally Louisa Tompkins (09 Nov 1833 – 26 Jul 1916 | Poplar Grove VA – Richmond VA) Civil war nurse, humanitarian, philanthropist, commissioned military officer, aka Angel of the Confederacy.

Mary Hallock Foote (09 Nov 1847 – 25 Jun 1938 | Milton NY – Hingham MA) novelist, illustrator, short story writer.

07 Nov | Herstorical.Reflections

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Elizabeth Johns Neall Gay (07 Nov 1819 – 09 Dec 1907 | Hingham MA – Hingham MA) poet, writer, Quaker, pacifist, abolitionist, Underground Railroad activist, delegate to first World Anti-Slavery Convention [1840].

Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson (07 Nov 1826 – 19 Nov 1905 | Brainerd TN – Muskogee OK) author, editor, teacher, missionary, translator, Muscogee / English linguistics scholar.

Charlotte [Lotta] Mignon Crabtree (07 Nov 1847 – 25 Sep 1924 | New York NY – Boston MA) actress, comedian, entertainer, philanthropist, theatrical company owner / manager, aka Nation’s Darling and Gold Rush Girl.

Leonora Speyer (07 Nov 1872 – 10 Feb 1956 | Washington DC – New York NY) poet, violinist, aka Lady Speyer, awarded 1927 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

Eleanor Hague (07 Nov 1875 – 25 Dec 1954 | Los Angeles CA – Los Angeles CA) author, folklorist, Southwest US / Latin American music expert.

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.

30 Oct | Herstorical.Reflections

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Temperance [Tempe] Wick Tuttle (30 Oct 1758 – 26 Apr 1822 | Mendham NJ – Morristown NJ) American Revolutionary War folk figure.

Sarah Ewing Hall (30 Oct 1761 – 08 Apr 1830 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) Christian literature poet, educator, essayist, Bible translator and commentator.

Mary Austin Holley (30 Oct 1784 – 31 Jul 1827 | New Haven CT – New Orleans LA) settler, explorer, historical author.

Rebecca Cromwell Rouse (30 Oct 1799 – 23 Dec 1887 | Salem MA – Cleveland OH) social reformer, women’s activist / advocate.