23 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Anne Elizabeth McDowell (23 Jun 1826 – 30 Sep 1901 | Smyrna DE – Drexel Hill PA) editor, journalist, publisher, founded Woman’s Advocate weekly newspaper, founded McDowell Free Library for Women for workers at Wanamaker’s Department Store.

Agnes Dean Abbat (23 Jun 1847 – 01 Jan 1917 | New York NY – New York NY) artist, teacher, watercolorist, floral still life / landscape / coastal scene painter, second women elected to the American Water Color Society.

Louise Howland King Cox (23 Jun 1865 – 11 Dec 1945 | San Francisco CA – Windham CT) woodcarver, photographer, stained glass artist, children’s portrait painter.

Mabel Rivers Landrum Torrey (23 Jun 1886 – 01 Apr 1974 | Sterling CO – Ames IA) sculptor, ceramicist, children’s figure specialist, commissioned public sculptor.

Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (23 Jun 1892 – 1972 | Stony Creek MI – Rochester MI) author, breeder, civic leader, genetic researcher, first US female PhD in Animal Genetics.

22 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Emily Austin Perry (22 Jun 1795 – 15 Aug 1851 | Austinville VA – Jones Creek TX) pioneer, heiress, font innovator, religious / educational philanthropist.

Caroline Wells Healey Dall (22 Jun 1822 – 17 Dec 1912 | Boston MA – Washington DC) author, feminist, reformer, club woman, Transcendentalist.

Kate Mason Rowland (22 Jun 1840 – 28 Jun 1916 | Detroit MI – Richmond VA) editor, author, historian, biographer, genealogist, historic preservationist, charter member of United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (22 Jun 1844 – 02 Aug 1924 | New Haven CT – San Francisco CA) aka Margaret Sidney, publisher, literary hostess, children’s fiction author, historical preservationist, Children of the American Revolution founder / facilitator.

Caroline Love Goodwin O’Day (22 Jun 1869 – 04 Jan 1943 | Perry GA – Rye NY) artist, politician, school board president, third woman / first NY Democratic Congresswoman, New York State Board of Social Welfare Commissioner.

11 May | Herstorical.Reflections

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Letitia Tyler Semple (11 May 1821 – 28 Dec 1907 | Cedar Grove Plantation VA – Baltimore MD) founder / principal Eclectic Institute for Young Women, White House hostess for father President John Tyler.

Caroline Clement [Carroll] Watson Rankin (11 May 1864 – 13 Aug 1945 | Marquette MI – Marquette MI) reporter, novelist, short story writer.

Harriet Quimby (11 May 1875 – 01 Jul 1912 | Arcadia MI – Quincy MA) aviator, journalist, drama critic, screenwriter.

Alma Gluck Zimbalist (11 May 1884 – 27 Oct 1938 | Iasi RO – Manhattan NY) editor, operatic soprano, née Reba Feinsohn.

Martha Graham (11 May 1894 – 01 Apr 1991 | Allegheny PA – New York NY) dancer, choreographer, autobiographical author, aka The Dancer of the Century.

03 May | Herstorical.Reflections

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Laura Matilda Towne (03 May 1825 – 22 Feb 1901 | Pittsburgh PA – St Helena Island SC ) educator, abolitionist, first freedmen’s school founder.

Anne Etheridge Hooks (03 May 1839 – 23 Jan 1913 | Detroit MI – Georgetown VA) aka Gentle Annie, Civil War Union nurse / vivandiere, one of two women to receive Kearny Cross.

George Madden Martin (03 May 1866 – 30 Nov 1946 | Louisville KY – Louisville KY) novelist, social reform / civil rights / prohibition activist, Commission on Interracial Co-operation charter member, Association of Southern Women for Prevention of Lynching leader / advocate.

Angel De Cora (03 May 1871 – 06 Feb 1919 | Thurston NE – Northampton MA) Winnebago teacher, painter, illustrator, Native American rights activist, aka Hinook-Mahiwi-Kalinaka [Fleecy Cloud Floating in Place].

Maud O’Farrell Swartz (03 May 1879 – 22 Feb 1937 | County Kildare IE – Brooklyn NY) Irish-American labor activist, president of Women’s Trade Union League [1922 to 1926], Secretary of the NY State Department of Labor under Industrial Commissioner Frances Perkins, first woman and first trade unionist to hold that position.

25 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Abigail Brown Brooks Adams (25 Apr 1808 – 06 Jun 1889 | Medford MA – Quincy MA) outspoken political critic, member Boston Brahmin / political family.

Eliza Daniel Stewart (25 Apr 1816 – 06 Aug 1908 | Piketon OH – Springfield OH) aka Mother Stewart, state / local pioneering temperance leader / organizer.

Lucy Goodale Thurston (25 Apr 1823 – 24 Feb 1841 | Kailua HI – Boston MA) member of well-known missionary family, sister of artist Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor.

Mary Torrans Lathrap (25 Apr 1838 – 03 Jan 1895 | Jackson MI – Jackson MI) poet, preacher, suffragist, pen name Lena, temperance reformer, women’s progressive activist, aka The Daniel Webster of Prohibition.

Constance Cary Harrison (25 Apr 1843 – 21 Nov 1920 | Vaucluse VA – Washington DC) aka Refugitta, fiction / nonfiction author, co-creator and seamstress for first US Civil War Confederate Battle Flag.

18 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary [Katherine] Baptist Russell (18 Apr 1829 – 06 Aug 1898 | Bewry IE – San Francsico CA) educator, Sister of Mercy, religious activist, founded home for infirm.

Marion Foster Welch (18 Apr 1851 – 09 Jul 1935 | Pittsburgh PA – Pittsburgh PA) pianist, composer, lecturer, piano teacher, curator of Stephen Foster Memorial.

Clara Elsene Peck Williams (18 Apr 1883 – 24 Feb 1968 | Allegan MI – Gettysburg PA) painter, etcher, illustrator, comics artist, watercolorist.

Edna Hall Scott Kump (18 Apr 1887 – 19 Jan 1957 | Elkins WV – Elkins WV) gardener, First Lady of West Virginia.

Lucile McVey Drew (18 Apr 1890 – 03 Nov 1925 | Sedalia MO – Los Angeles CA) actress, knitter, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, aka Jane Morrow, Mrs. Sidney Drew.

08 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Belle L. Pettigrew (08 Apr 1839 – 14 Jul 1912 | Ludlow VT – Sioux Falls SD) educator, missionary, world traveler, head of missionary training department of American Baptist Home Mission Society.

Elizabeth Bacon Custer (08 Apr 1842 – 04 Apr 1933 | Monroe MI – New York NY) author, lecturer, widow, historical figure promoter.

Julia Ellsworth Ford (08 Apr 1861 – 14 Aug 1950 | New York NY – New York NY) artist, author, socialite, art collector, philanthropist, salon doyenne.

Orelia Key Bell (08 Apr 1864 – 02 Jun 1959 | Atlanta GA – Pasadena CA) poet, author, Christian Science hymnist, Boston Marriage partner, known for writing her poems in gold leaf on china plates.

Albion Fellows Bacon (08 Apr 1865 – 10 Dec 1933 | McCutchanville IN – Evansville IN) author, reformer, social / housing activist.

26 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Sophia McIlvaine Bledsoe Herrick (26 Mar 1837 – 09 Oct 1919 | Gambier OH – Greenwich CT) editor, science writer, literary critic.

Jessie Catherine Kinsley (26 Mar 1858 – 10 Feb 1938 | Oneida NY – Oneida NY) diarist, painter, folk artist, memoirist, letter correspondent, braided tapestry maker, Oneida Community member.

Alice Lee Hornor Snelling Moqué (26 Mar 1861 – 16 Jul 1919 | New Orleans LA – Washington DC) poet, essayist, lecturer, travel writer, suffragist, photographer, sportswoman, newspaper correspondent, early US female bicyclist, founding member / vice-president of National Congress of Mothers.

Bertha Van Hoosen (26 Mar 1863 – 07 Jun 1952 | Stony Creek MI – Romeo MI) essayist, physician, medical illustrator, women’s health advocate, autobiographical author, president / founding member American Medical Women’s Association.

Agnes Gertrude Regan (26 Mar 1869 – 30 Sep 1943 | San Francisco CA – Washington DC) lay leader, women’s activist, federal housing advocate, Latin American female exchange student activist, executive secretary of National Council of Catholic Women.

18 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary Ann Harris Gay (18 Mar 1828 – 06 Nov 1918 | Jones County GA – Decatur GA) poet, author, diarist, memoirist, American Confederate heroine.

Marilla Marks Young Ricker (18 Mar 1840 – 12 Nov 1920 | New Durham NH – Dover NH) author, attorney, suffragist, free-thinker, humanitarian, women’s rights activist.

Sally Berkeley Nelson Robins (18 Mar 1855 – 04 Feb 1925 | Gloucester County VA – Richmond VA) author, suffragist, genealogist, essayist, historian.

Jennie Harris Oliver (18 Mar 1864 – 03 Jun 1942 | Lowell MI – Oklahoma City OK) poet, Poet Laureate of Oklahoma.

Alice Cushing Donaldson Riley (18 Mar 1867 – 09 Aug 1955 | Morrison IL – Pasadena CA) children’s songs /operas / poetry / lullabies author, Drama League of America innovator.

15 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Harriet [Hattie] E. Wilson (15 Mar 1825 – 28 Jun 1900 | Milford NH – Quincy MA) Spiritualist, public speaker, housekeeper, first recognized female African-American novelist.

Alice Cunningham Fletcher (15 Mar 1838 – 06 Apr 1923 | Havana CU – Washington DC) author, sketch artist, ethnologist, social scientist, anthropologist.

Edith Maud Eaton (15 Mar 1865 – 07 Apr 1914 | Macclesfield UK – Montreal QC) journalist, aka Sui Sin Far, short fiction writer, British-Chinese-Canadian.

Mary Chase Perry Stratton (15 Mar 1867 – 15 Apr 1961 | Hancock MI – Detroit MI) ceramic artist, Pewabic Pottery co-founder, Arts and Crafts Movement member.

Henrietta [Hattie] Kanengeiser Carnegie (15 Mar 1886 – 22 Feb 1956 | Vienna AT – New York NY) milliner, immigrant, entrepreneur, fashion designer / doyenne.