13 Jul | Herstorical.Reflections

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Esther Allen Howland (13 Jul 1801 – 14 Apr 1860 | Plymouth MA – Worcester MA) cookbook writer, editor / author of recipes, medical remedies, money-saving tips and advice.

Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (13 Jul 1819 – 31 Mar 1876 | Natchez MS – Philadelphia PA) African-American singer, music teacher, abolitionist, aka The Black Swan, fundraiser for black orphans and the aged.

Mary Emily Foy (13 Jul 1862 – 21 Feb 1962 | Los Angeles CA – Los Angeles CA) librarian, educator, women’s rights activist, first female Head Librarian at Los Angeles Public Library [at age 18].

Mary Emma Woolley (13 Jul 1863 – 05 Sep 1947 | South Norwalk CT – Westport NY) author, educator, suffragist, peace activist, first female student at Brown University, 11th President of Mount Holyoke College.

June Etta Downey (13 Jul 1875 – 11 Oct 1932 | Laramie WY – Trenton NJ) poet, author, columnist, philosopher, psychologist, handwriting / personality researcher.

06 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Sarah Parker Remond (06 Jun 1826 – 13 Dec 1894 | Salem MA – Florence IT) author, lecturer, physician, abolitionist, African-American.

Annie Adams Fields (06 Jun 1834 – 05 Jan 1915 | Boston MA – Cambridge MA) author, diarist, memoirist, biographer, social reformer, philanthropist.

Elida Barker Rumsey Fowle (06 Jun 1842 – 17 Jun 1919 | New York NY – Dorchester MA) field nurse, songstress, library founder, social activist.

Beulah Poynter Leffler (06 Jun 1883 – 13 Aug 1960 | Eagleville MO – Manhasset NY) actor, author, playwright, short fiction writer, mystery / romance novelist.

A’Lelia Walker (06 Jun 1885 – 17 Aug 1931 | Vicksburg MS – Long Branch NJ) businesswoman, cultural salon hostess, Harlem Renaissance patron of arts.

07 May | Herstorical.Reflections

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Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins (07 May 1818 – 09 Mar 1890 | Jefferson County WV – Washington DC) US Civil War Confederate nurse, aka Florence Nightingale of the South.

Harriet Starr Cannon (07 May 1823 – 29 Mar 1896 | Charleston SC – Peekskill NY) religious, school founder, children’s advocate, spiritual leader / organizer, founded Episcopalian Sisterhood of St Mary.

Euphemia Vale Blake (07 May 1824 – 21 Oct 1904 | Hastings UK – Brooklyn NY) critic, author, editor, journalist, British-born American.

Varina Banks Howell Davis (07 May 1826 – 16 Oct 1906 | Natchez MS – New York NY) writer, memoirist, columnist, Confederate States First Lady, post-war reconciliation activist.

Margaret Elizabeth [Lizzie] Crozier French (07 May 1851 – 14 May 1926 | Knoxville TN – Washington DC) educator, suffragist, social reform activist.

11 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Sarah R. Adamson Dolley (11 Mar 1829 – 27 Dec 1909 | Schuylkill Meeting PA – Rochester NY) social reformer, community organizer, women’s rights activist, second US female medical graduate, obstetrician / gynecologist.

Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson (11 Mar 1843 – 15 Feb 1896 | Hancock County MS – New Orleans LA) poet, lyricist, journalist, aka Pearl Rivers, newspaper manager.

Matilda [Tillie] Pierce Alleman (11 Mar 1848 – 15 Mar 1914 | Gettysburg PA – Philadelphia PA) memoirist, Civil War activist / participant / observer.

Helen Strong Carter (11 Mar 1866 – 28 May 1945 | Rochester NY – San Francisco CA) philanthropist, social activist, First Lady of Territory of Hawaii, established Strong-Carter Dental Clinic at Palama Settlement HI / Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester NY.

Beatrice Winser (11 Mar 1869 – 14 Sep 1947 | Newark NJ – Newark NJ) librarian, library / museum director, education / visual arts / women’s equal rights activist.

06 Mar | Herstorical.Reflections

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Anna Claypoole Peale (06 Mar 1791 – 25 Dec 1878 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) portrait miniaturist, still life painter.

Sarah Knox [Knoxie] Davis (06 Mar 1814 – 15 Sep 1835 | Vincennes IN – Saint Francisville LA) Confederate folk / political family figure.

Martha Burton Woodhead Williamson (06 Mar 1843 – 18 Mar 1922 | Rothwell UK – Los Angeles CA) editor, journalist, malacologist, WCTU member, letter correspondent, discovered / created names for 11 new mollusks, president of Southern California Press Club, president of Historical Society of Southern California, founding member of American Association of Conchologists.

Carrie Belle Kearney (06 Mar 1863 – 27 Feb 1939 | Flora MS – Jackson MS) author, activist, novelist, legislator.

Kathleen [Kitty] Biggar Eaton Cannell (06 Mar 1891 – 23 May 1974 | Boston MA – Boston MA) dancer, author, aka Rihani, expatriate, ‘static dance’ innovator, dance / fashion critic and correspondent, WWII foreign correspondent, autobiographical author.

26 Feb | Herstorical.Reflections

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Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell (26 Feb 1849 – 22 Jul 1883 | Holly Springs MS – Holly Springs MS) novelist, feminist, short story writer.

Alice Mabel Bacon (26 Feb 1858 – 01 May 1918 | New Haven CT – New Haven CT) nonfiction author, foreign advisor to Japan, international women’s educator.

Lavinia Lloyd Dock (26 Feb 1858 – 17 Apr 1956 | Harrisburg PA – Chambersburg PA) nurse, author, feminist, women’s rights activist, nursing education pioneer, helped form National League of Nursing, contributing editor to American Journal of Nursing.

Mabel Ganson Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan (26 Feb 1879 – 13 Aug 1962 | Buffalo NY – Taos NM) author, hostess, memoirist, patron of women’s arts / artists / writers, Native American culture promoter, pioneer US psychoanalysis patient.

Elizabeth Hawley Gasque Van Exem (26 Feb 1886 – 02 Nov 1989 | Blythewood SC – Ridgeway SC) author, lecturer, politician, first female SC State Representative, longest lived member of US House or Senate.

16 Feb | Herstorical.Reflections

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Sarah Anne Ellis Dorsey (16 Feb 1829 – 04 Jul 1879 | Natchez MS – New Orleans LA) US Southern novelist, lecturer, historian, philanthropist.

Mary Houston Allen (16 Feb 1839 – 14 May 1927 | Coweta County GA – Shanghai CN) women’s rights / education activist, Methodist Episcopal foreign missionary wife, graduated with high honors from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

Harriet [Hatty] Sophia Rowley (16 Feb 1853 – 06 Oct 1943 | New York NY – Springfield MA) commonplace book writer.

Laura Coates Reed (16 Feb 1857 – 29 Nov 1938 | West Chester PA – Kansas City MO) poet, editor.

Edith Dimock Glackens (16 Feb 1876 – 28 Oct 1955 | Hartford CT – Hartford CT) aka Teed, painter, visual artist, ironic / satirical watercolorist.