03 Oct | Women’s Words & Works

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Narcissa Clark Chisholm Owen (03 Oct 1831 – 12 Jul 1911 | Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation – Washington DC) artist, educator, Cherokee, memoirist, painter, finger weaver, tapestry artist.

Anne Eugenia Felicia Morgan (03 Oct 1845 – 23 Dec 1909 | Oberlin OH – Santa Clara County CA) author, philosopher, professor of classics, focused on philosophical interpretation of literature, invented aesthetic-athletic exercise game called Bellecycle.

Emily Lilian Whiting (03 Oct 1847 – 30 Apr 1942 | Olcott NY – Boston MA) poet, author, journalist, literary editor, art / travel writer, esoteric spiritual thinker / philosopher.

Jeannette Leonard Gilder (03 Oct 1849 – 17 Jan 1916 | Flushing NY – New York NY) writer, pioneering female journalist, autobiographer, literary magazine co-founder.

Eleanora Giulia Amalia Duse (03 Oct 1858 – 21 Apr 1924 | Vigevano IT – Pittsburgh PA) aka Duse, actively / publicly bisexual, first woman featured on cover of Time magazine, honored by First Lady Frances Cleveland with first-ever White House tea held for an actress.

02 Oct | Women’s Words & Works

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Anna Smith Franklin (02 Oct 1696 – 16 Apr 1763 | Boston, Province of Massachusetts – Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) American colonial newspaper printer and publisher, of the Mintunt and an almanac series, country’s first female newspaper editor, first woman to write an almanac, and first woman inducted into the University of Rhode Island’s Journalism Hall of Fame.

Hannah Adams (02 Oct 1755 – 15 Dec 1831 | Medfield MA – Brookline MA) historical author, first recognized US female professional writer.

Mary Barr Clay (02 Oct 1839 – 12 Oct 1924 | Lexington KY – Richmond KY) poet, author, pioneering Kentucky feminist / suffragist, aka Mary B. Clay and Mrs. J. Frank Herrick.

Eliza Maria Mosher (02 Oct 1846 – 16 Oct 1928 | Cayuga NY – New York NY) inventor, educator, essayist, physician, posture expert, senior editor of Medical Women’s Journal, founder of American Posture League, focus on physical fitness and health maintenance, first female professor / first Dean of Women at University of Michigan, first female resident physician / first female superintendent at Massachusetts Reformatory for Women.

Blanche Roosevelt Tucker (02 Oct 1858 – 10 Sep 1898 | Sandusky OH – Monte Carlo FR) novelist, opera singer, first American woman to sing Italian opera at Covent Garden.

29 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Caroline Ardelia Yale (29 Sep 1848 – 02 Jul 1933 | Charlotte VT – Northampton MA) writer, lip-reading v. signing advocate, deaf educator, autobiographical author, Clarke School for the Deaf principal / administrator.

Sara Dary Armbruster (29 Sep 1862 – unknown | Philadelphia PA – Bala Cynwyd PA) realtor, publisher, businesswoman, women’s rights activist, published the weekly Woman’s Journal, founded the Women’s Exchange in Philadelphia [Note: image on right shows unnamed woman with a copy of Woman’s Journal].

Gertrude Barnum (29 Sep 1866 – 17 Jun 1948 | Chicago IL – Los Angeles CA) author, diarist, labor historian, social reformer, union organizer.

Emma Wold (29 Sep 1871 – 21 Jul 1950 | Norway SD – Washington DC) author, attorney, teacher, women’s rights expert, national disarmament delegate.

Naomi Norsworthy (29 Sep 1877 – 25 Dec 1926 | New York NY – New York NY) author, educator, child psychologist, first female faculty member at Columbia University.

28 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor (28 Sep 1821 – 21 Apr 1906 | Kailua-Kona HI – Honolulu HI) painter, sketch artist

Caroline Earle White (28 Sep 1833 – 07 Sep 1916 | Philadelphia PA – Nantucket MA) author, suffragist, travel writer, short fiction writer, animal rights activist, founded Women’s Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [WPSPCA]

Frances Elizabeth Willard (28 Sep 1839 – 17 Feb 1898 | Churchville NY – New York NY) author, orator, pacifist, educator, suffragist, feminist, visionary, temperance reform leader

Kate Douglas Wiggin (28 Sep 1856 – 24 Aug 1923 | Philadelphia PA – Harrow UK) children’s author, children’s educational advocate, kindergarten founder / teacher trainer

Sister Mary Joseph (28 Sep 1883 – 05 Jun 1967 | Peoria IL – Webster Groves MO) nun, academic, librarian, born Sherer, founder / director Gallery of Living Catholic Authors at Webster College [now Webster University] in Webster Goves MO

27 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Martha [Patsy] Jefferson Randolph (27 Sep 1772 – 10 Oct 1836 | Monticello, Virginia, British America – Albemarle County VA) US Presidential daughter, Acting US First Lady, inherited Monticello from father Thomas Jefferson.

Anna McNeill Whistler (27 Sep 1804 – 03 Jan 1881 | Wilmington NC – Hastings UK) folk figure, artist’s model, letter correspondent, aka Whistler’s Mother.

Lucretia Maria Davidson (27 Sep 1808 – 27 Aug 1825 | Plattsburgh NY – Plattsburgh NY) short-lived poet.

Aubertine Woodward Moore (27 Sep 1841 – 23 Sep 1929 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) author, music critic, professor, translator, short story writer, focus on Scandinavian literature, pen name: Auber Forestier.

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (27 Sep 1861 – 17 Feb 1933 | New York NY – New York NY) poet, author, lecturer, public speaker, political family member.

26 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Adelaide Johnson (26 Sep 1859 – 10 Nov 1955 | Plymouth IL – Washington DC) artist, sculptor, suffragist.

Lucy Biddle Lewis (26 Sep 1861 – 14 Jan 1941 | Sharon Hill PA – Yeadon PA) Quaker, pacifist, social activist, co-founder of American Friends Service Committee [1917], co-founder and President of WILPF [1922-24].

Eleanor Gates (26 Sep 1874 – 07 Mar 1951 | Shakopee MN – Los Angeles CA) novelist, playwright, scriptwriter.

Mary Elisabeth Dreier (26 Sep 1875 – 15 Aug 1963 | Brooklyn NY – Bar Harbor ME) novelist, biographer, social reformer, women’s workers’ rights activist.

Edith Abbott (26 Sep 1876 – 28 Jul 1957 | Grand Island NE – Grand Island NE) author, educator, economist, social worker.

25 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Mercy Otis Warren (25 Sep 1728 – 19 Oct 1814 | Barnstable MA – Plymouth MA) poet, political writer.

Maria Parloa (25 Sep 1843 – 21 Aug 1909 | Boston MA – Bethel CT) lecturer, cookbook / housekeeping author, cooking schools founder, aka America’s First Celebrity Cook, pioneer home economics / domestic science teacher, women’s immigrant activist / educator.

Lucy Rebecca Buck (25 Sep 1845 – 20 Aug 1918 | Warren VA – Front Royal VA) posthumous author, Confederate Civil War diarist.

Vinnie Ream Hoxie (25 Sep 1847 – 12 Jan 1914 | Madison WI – Washington DC) harpist, sculptor, creator of US Capitol Lincoln Statue, first woman / youngest person to receive government commission for sculpture.

Madeline Yale Wynne (25 Sep 1847 – 04 Jan 1918 | Newport NY – Asheville NC) artist, teacher, metalsmith, philanthropist, short fiction writer, co-founded / leader of Deerfield Society of Arts and Crafts.

23 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Sarah Jane Lippincott (23 Sep 1823 – 20 Apr 1904 | Pompey NY – New Rochelle NY) poet, editor, novelist, essayist, journalist, correspondent, pseudonym Grace Greenwood.

Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin (23 Sep 1838 – 09 Jun 1927 | Homer OH – Bredon UK) feminist, journalist, suffragist leader, spiritualist healer, women’s rights activist, first female candidate for US Presidency, first woman to found weekly newspaper, first woman to own Wall Street brokerage firm.

Helen Almira Shafer (23 Sep 1839 – 20 Jan 1894 | Newark NJ – Wellesley MA) mathematician, mathematics professor, president of Wellesley College.

Emily Warren Roebling (23 Sep 1843 – 28 Feb 1903 | Cold Spring NY – Trenton NJ) attorney, essayist, social activist, women’s rights advocate, autodidact civil engineer, key figure / facilitator in Brooklyn Bridge completion.

Ellen Amanda Hayes (23 Sep 1851 – 27 Oct 1930 | Granville OH – Wellesley MA) author, novelist, biographer, astronomer, Socialist, suffragist, radical activist, temperance advocate, outspoken social commentator, mathematician, women’s educational rights activist, one of first six females in New York Mathematical Society [later the American Mathematical Society].

22 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (22 Sep 1795 – 23 May 1873 | West Hills NY – West Hills NY) Dutch-American, homesteader, literary family member, poet Walt Whitman’s mother.

Charlotte Sophia Sewall Eastman (22 Sep 1816 – 25 May 1896 | Hallowell ME – York ME) artist, portrait painter.

Jane Manning James (22 Sep 1822 – 16 Apr 1908 | Wilton CT – Salt Lake City UT) early LDS member, aka Aunt Jane, first black female Mormon pioneer in Utah Territory.

Mary Clement Leavitt (22 Sep 1830 – 05 Feb 1912 | Hopkinton NH – Boston MA) educator, suffragist, social reformer, girl’s school founder, women / children’s rights activist, international temperance leader / lecturer / founder.

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (22 Sep 1872 – 04 Jun 1958 | Cambridge MA – Portsmouth NH) author, magazine writer, aka Mrs. Fordyce Coburn.

21 Sep | Women’s Words & Works

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Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (21 Sep 1809 – 26 Feb 1871 | Salem MA – London UK) painter, illustrator, essayist, journal editor.

Mary Monnett Bain (21 Sep 1833 – 30 Jul 1885 | Delaware OH – Osawatomie KS) philanthropist, women’s higher education advocate / supporter.

Mary T. Waggaman (21 Sep 1846 – 30 Jul 1931 | Baltimore MD – Baltimore MD) prolific children’s author and religious novelist.

Susan Macdowell Eakins (21 Sep 1851 – 27 Dec 1938 | Philadelphia PA – Philadelphia PA) artist, painter, photographer, artist’s model.

Sara Delano Roosevelt (21 Sep 1854 – 07 Sep 1941 | Newburgh NY – Hyde Park NY) memoirist, mother of FDR, political family member, mother-in-law to Eleanor Roosevelt.