07 Sep | Women.Words.Work

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Mary Lua Adelia Davis Treat (07 Sep 1830 – 11 Apr 1923 | Trumansburg NY – Pembroke NY) writer, botanist, naturalist, entomologist, utopian community member, collaborated with Charles Darwin, aka ‘One of Darwin’s Women’.

Alice Chipman Dewey (07 Sep 1858 – 14 Jul 1927 | Fenton MI – New York NY) PhD, author, mother, educator, philosopher, world traveler, women’s right activist, letter correspondent, co-founded Laboratory School with husband John Dewey.

Laura Coombs Hills (07 Sep 1859 – 21 Feb 1952 | Newburyport MA – Massachusetts) designer, illustrator, watercolorist, miniature portrait painter.

Anna Mary Robertson Moses (07 Sep 1860 – 13 Dec 1961 | Greenwich NY – Hoosick Falls NY) farmer, folk artist, aka Grandma Moses, needlework artist.

Nellie Arnold Plummer (07 Sep 1860 – 01 Jan 1933 | Ellicott’s Mills MD – Hyatsville MD) author, teacher, former slave, first female student at Wayland Seminary, biographical / autobiographical writer.

29 Aug | Women.Words.Work

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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.

15 Aug | Women.Words.Work

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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.

21 Jun | Women.Words.Work

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Theodosia Bartow Burr Alston (21 Jun 1783 – 29 Dec 1812 | Albany NY – lost at sea off coast of South Carolina) folk figure, letter correspondent, First Lady of South Carolina, US Vice Presidential daughter.

Minnie Dessau Louis (21 Jun 1841 – 12 Mar 1922 | Philadelphia PA – Manhattan NY) poet, author, educator, community leader, co-founder of National Council of Jewish Women.

Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild (21 Jun 1855 – 20 Dec 1921 | Dalton MA – Takoma Park MD) author, librarian, library activist / educator.

Martha Van Rensselaer (21 Jun 1864 – 26 May 1932 | Randolph NY – New York NY) author, editor, educator, domestic scientist, founding co-director Cornell College of Home Economics.

Mary Cromwell Jarrett (21 Jun 1876 – 04 Aug 1961 | Baltimore MD – New York NY) author, educator, researcher, psychiatric social worker, pioneer work with post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD].

04 May | Women.Words.Work

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Mary Elizabeth Surratt (04 May 1823 – 07 Jul 1865 | Waterloo MD – Washington DC) boarding house owner / operator, historical / political folk figure, tried as Lincoln assassination co-conspirator, first American female executed by hanging.

Julia Britton Hooks (04 May 1852 – 10 Mar 1942 | Frankfort KY – Memphis TN) pianist, social worker, civil rights leader, juvenile court officer, second female African-American US college graduate, founded Julia Hooks Cottage School and Julia Hooks School of Music.

Mary Ellis Peltz (04 May 1896 – 24 Oct 1981 | New York NY – New York NY) poet, editor, author, music / drama critic, founding editor Opera News magazine.

Joy Bright Hancock (04 May 1898 – 20 Aug 1986 | Wildwood NJ – Bethesda MD) pilot, WAVES activist, early female Naval officer, autobiographical author.

Bernice Mildred Goetz (04 May 1909 – 30 Dec 1958 | Cleveland OH – Brooklyn NY) poet, author, teacher, lecturer, explorer.