22 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Olive Logan (22 Apr 1839 – 27 Apr 1909 | Elmira NY – Banstead UK) author, actress, lecturer, suffragist | Women.Bourne.Works © Susan.Powers.Bourne

Ursula Newell Gestefeld (22 Apr 1845 – 22 Oct 1921 | Augusta ME – Chicago IL) Christian Scientist, New Thought author, women’s press founder.

Henrietta McCormick Goodhart (22 Apr 1857 – 1932 | Chicago IL – Langley Park MD) heiress, memoirist, managed McCormick-Goodhart Mansion on Langley Park Estate.

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (22 Apr 1873 – 21 Nov 1945 | Richmond VA – Richmond VA) poet, novelist, short story writer, Pulitzer Prize laureate, autobiographical author.

Laura Gilpin (22 Apr 1891 – 30 Nov 1979 | Austin Bluffs CO – Santa Fe NM) Pictorialist, photographer, focus on images of Native Americans [particularly Navajo and Pueblo] and Southwestern landscapes.

14 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Isabella Stewart Gardner (14 Apr 1840 – 17 Jul 1924 | New York NY – Cambridge MA) philanthropist, art patron / collector, museum founder.

Jennie Drinkwater Conklin (14 Apr 1841 – 28 Apr 1907 | Portland ME – New Vernon NJ) author, editor, social welfare activist.

Johanna [Anne] Sullivan Macy (14 Apr 1866 – 20 Oct 1936 | Feeding Hills MA – Forest Hills NY) memoirist, childhood onset blindness, teacher / companion of Helen Keller.

Eda Nemoede Casterton (14 Apr 1877 – 08 Dec 1969 | Brillion WI – Palos Verdes Estates CA) painter, oil / pastel / watercolor miniature portrait artist.

Priscilla Fairfield Bok (14 Apr 1896 – 11 Nov 1975 | Littleton MA – Tucson AZ) author, astronomer, scientific collaborator with husband Bart Bok.

06 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Jane McManus Cazneau (06 Apr 1807 – 12 Dec 1878 | Brunswick NY – at sea near Dominican Republic) journalist, publicist, aka Cora Montgomery.

Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (06 Apr 1823 – 01 Nov 1908 | Lancaster MA – Galesburg IL) poet, editor, author, educator, pen names: Julia, Minnie May, Frank Fisher, Sadie Sensible, Minister’s Wife, Rev. Peter Benson’s Daughter.

Catherine [Kate] Boott Gannet Wells (06 Apr 1838 – 13 Dec 1911 | London UK – Boston MA) writer, reformer, philanthropist, anti-suffragist.

Martha Gallison Moore Avery (06 Apr 1851 – 08 Aug 1929 | Steuben ME – Medford MA) author, socialist, Catholic convert, anti-socialist / anti-suffrage activist.

Catherine Everit [Kate] Macy Ladd (06 apr 1863 – 27 aug 1945 | Manhattan NY – Far Hills NJ) philanthropist, founder of philanthropic foundation.

04 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Frances Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman (04 Apr 1760 – 1834 | New York NY – Burlington VT) botanist, gardener, illustrator, political activist / family member.

Dorothea Lynde Dix (04 Apr 1802 – 17 Jul 1887 | Hampden ME – Trenton NJ) nurse, author, mental health patient advocate, insane asylum activist / reformer.

Mary Jane Colter (04 Apr 1869 – 08 Jan 1958 | Pittsburgh PA – Santa Fe NM) artist, art teacher, architect, interior designer.

Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (04 Apr 1872 – 25 Jul 1947 | Worcester MA – Valatie NY) activist, author, pacifist, suffragist, sex educator.

Dorothy Lerner Gordon (04 Apr 1889 – 11 May 1970 | Odessa RU – New York NY) author, broadcaster, musician, youth advocate / activist.

03 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mathilde Franziska Giesler Anneke (03 Apr 1817 – 25 Nov 1884 | Hiddinghausen PRU – Milwaukee WI) German-American author, socialist, essayist, educator, abolitionist, girls’ school founder, women’s rights activist.

Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (03 Apr 1835 – 14 Aug 1921 | Calais ME – Deer Island MA) poet, novelist, short story writer.

Emma Crow Cushman (03 Apr 1839 – 15 Sep 1920 | St. Louis MO – Bar Harbor ME) poet, author, lesbian, focus on psychic experience research.

Mary Scott [Mamie] Harrison McKee (03 Apr 1858 – 28 Oct 1930 | Indianapolis IN – Indianapolis IN) political family member, de facto White House Hostess / First Lady for father US President Benjamin Harrison, later estranged from her father.

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (03 Apr 1872 – 14 Dec 1906 | Talbotton GA- Battle Creek MI) African-American educator, humanitarian, black children’s advocate, founded Denmark Industrial Institute [now Voorhees College].

01 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Martha Wadsworth Brewster (01 Apr 1710 – c. 1757 | Lebanon CT – Lebanon CT) poet, writer.

Mary Richardson Walker (01 Apr 1811 – 21 Nov 1877 | Baldwin ME – Forest Grove OR) diarist, frontier missionary to Spokan Indians, co-founded Columbia Maternal Association, one of first six women to travel over Rocky Mountains.

Agnes Repplier (01 apr 1855 – 15 nov 1950 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) author, essayist, biographer, cat lover / owner.

Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (01 Apr 1866 – 30 Jul 1948 | Lexington KY – Chicago IL) author, social activist / scientist, higher education innovator, Progressive Era social reformer.

Aurelia Isabel Henry Reinhardt (01 Apr 1877 – 28 Jan 1948 | San Francisco CA – Palo Alto CA) peace activist, Unitarian moderator, Mills College president [1916 – 1943], prominent member / leader of numerous organizations.

29 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (29 Mar 1831 – 10 Mar 1919 | Ulverston UK – Queens NY) English-American novelist, short story writer.

Augusta Louise Pierce Tabor (29 Mar 1833 – 30 Jan 1895 | Augusta ME – Pasadena CA) folk figure, social activist, mining entrepreneur / millionaire.

Isabella Thoburn (29 Mar 1840 – 01 Sep 1901 | St Clairsville OH – Lucknow IN) educator, Methodist Episcopal missionary, high school / women’s college founder in India.

Frances Wisebart Jacobs (29 Mar 1843 – 03 Nov 1892 | Harrodsburg KY – Denver CO) philanthropist, school teacher, founded United Way, social / community activist, founded Denver’s Jewish Hospital Association, aka Denver’s Mother of Charities.

Lou Henry Hoover (29 Mar 1874 – 07 Jan 1944 | Waterloo IA – New York NY) linguist, scholar, translator, public speaker, Girl Scout enthusiast / supporter, US Presidential First Lady, first First Lady to speak fluent Chinese, first First Lady to offer regular national radio broadcasts.

19 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Cornelia Grinnell Willis (19 Mar 1825 – 24 Mar 1904 | New Bedford MA – Washington DC) abolitionist, women’s rights advocate, columnist for New York Ledger, protected and purchased freedom for Harriet Jacobs, founding member of first US Woman’s Club, founded school for young women at the Willis Idlewild Estate.

Alice French (19 Mar 1850 – 09 Jan 1934 | Andover MA – Davenport IA) novelist, aka Octave Thanet.

Ellen Gates Starr (19 Mar 1859 – 10 Feb 1940 | Laona IL – Suffern NY) author, teacher, lecturer, bookbinder, child labor activist, anti-industrialist, co-founder of Hull-House, social / political reformer, Arts and Crafts Movement practitioner.

Senda Berenson Abbott (19 Mar 1868 – 16 Feb 1954 | Vilnius LT – Santa Barbara CA ) author, wrote first guide / rule book for women’s basketball, Instructor of Physical Culture at Smith College, aka The Mother of Women’s Basketball.

Edith Nourse Rogers (19 Mar 1881 – 10 Sep 1960 | Saco ME – Boston MA) aviator, politician, social welfare activist, created US GI Bill, veterans advocate, Women’s Army Corps founder, longest tenured US State Representative.

13 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Abigail Powers Fillmore (13 Mar 1798 – 30 Mar 1853 | Stillwater NY – Washington DC) US Presidential First Lady, book collector, private librarian.

Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Jones (13 Mar 1813 – 13 Jan 1896 | Vernon NY – Brooklyn NY) author, suffragist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist.

Clara L. Brown Dyer (13 Mar 1849 – 02 Mar 1931 | Cape Elizabeth ME – Portland ME) artist, reader, lecturer, landscape painter, social club woman, one of first members of the Society of Art and the Portland Art League, organizing president of National Society of United States Daughters of 1812 in State of Maine. 

Phebe Estelle Spalding (13 Mar 1859 – 12 Mar 1937 | Westfield VT – Pomona CA) author, art historian, first female professor Pomona College.

Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner (13 Mar 1859 – 10 Jul 1915 | Mingo IA – Colfax IA) diarist, teacher, physician, social activist, public press contributor, co-founded Colfax Free Public Library, co-founded Turner Rest Home and Sanitarium, first female health officer in Iowa, first woman admitted to Iowa Health and Protective Association.

12 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Jane Means Appleton Pierce (12 Mar 1806 – 02 Dec 1863 | Hampton NH – Andover MA) US Presidential First Lady, aka The Shadow of the White House.

Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (12 Mar 1830 – 06 Nov 1895 | Stamford CT – Philadelphia PA) stage actress, theatrical / music academy manager.

Dora Wheeler Keith (12 Mar 1856 – 07 Dec 1940 | New York NY – Brooklyn NY) artist, designer, illustrator, realist painter, aka Mrs. Boudinot Keith.

Alice Harriman Browne (12 Mar 1861 – 24 Dec 1925 | Newport ME – Hollywood CA) poet, editor, novelist, publisher, short story writer, nonfiction author, aka The Only Woman Publisher in the World.

Clara Bowdoin Winthrop (12 Mar 1876 – 15 Mar 1969 | Boston MA – Boston MA) poet, art collector, philanthropist.