30 Aug | Herstorical.Reflections

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Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur (30 Aug 1837 – 12 Jan 1880 | Culpeper VA – New York NY) soprano concert singer, Confederate sympathizer, wife of 21st US President [died before husband took office so posthumous US First Lady].

Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill (30 Aug 1876 – 18 Mar 1952 | St Regis Mohawk Reservation NY – Oneida WI) Mohawk, educator, physician, rural medical care pioneer, aka Yo-Da-Gent (She-Who-Cares), adopted by Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, only woman adopted by Oneida in 20th century.

Eleanor Mercein Kelly (30 Aug 1880 – 11 Oct 1986 | Milwaukee WI – Louisville KY) novelist, biographer, travel writer, short fiction author.

Margery Elizabeth Hoffman Smith (30 Aug 1888 – 08 Mar 1981 | Portland OR – San Mateo CA) artist, painter, lecturer, craftsperson, interior designer, aka Grand Dame of Arts and Crafts, WPA designer / director for Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood.

Shirley Booth (30 Aug 1898 – 16 Oct 1992 | Brooklyn NY – North Chatham MA) actress, born Thelma Booth Ford, well-known for television character Hazel, one of only 24 performers to achieve Triple Crown of Acting, won an Academy Award / two Primetime Emmy Awards / three Tony Awards.

04 Jun | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary Hanchett Hunt (04 Jun 1830 – 24 Apr 1906 | South Canaan CT – Dorchester MA) Women’s Christian Temperance Union [WCTU] leader / author / lecturer.

Delity Powell Kelly (04 Jun 1851 – 31 Oct 1939 | Apalachicola FL – Pensacola FL) Confederate nurse, Civil War prisoner, first female military pensioner Florida State.

Catharine Waugh McCulloch (04 Jun 1862 – 20 Apr 1945 | Ransomville NY – Evanston IL) author, lawyer, suffragist, first woman elected to US judicial office.

Nora Waln (04 Jun 1895 – 27 Sep 1964 | Grampian Hills PA – Malaga ES) author, novelist, memoirist, magazine writer, war correspondent.

Julia Caroline Butler Hansen (04 Jun 1907 – 03 May 1988 | Portland OR – Cathlamet WA) State representative, children’s book author, second woman / first Democratic woman elected to Congress from Washington State.

12 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mollie Evelyn Moore [M. E. M.] Davis (12 Apr 1844 – 01 Jan 1909 | Talladega AL – New Orleans LA) poet, editor, author, salon hostess.

Ella Gaunt Smith (12 Apr 1868 – 02 Apr 1932 | Roanoke AL – Roanoke AL) doll designer / manufacturer.

Imogen Cunningham (12 Apr 1883 – 24 Jun 1976 | Portland OR – San Francisco CA) author, mentor, photographer.

Ethel Moseley Damon (12 Apr 1883 – 01 Apr 1965 | Honolulu HI – Kauai HI) author, teacher, essayist, historian, playwright, pamphleteer, Decorated WW I Red Cross nurse.

Eleanor [Leonia] Touroff Glueck (12 Apr 1898 – 25 Sep 1972 | Brooklyn NY – Cambridge MA) author, criminologist, juvenile delinquency specialist expert.

09 Apr | Herstorical.Reflections

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Mary Rollins Lightner (09 Apr 1818 – 17 Dec 1913 | Lima NY – Minersville UT) Mormon pioneer, member LDS church, rescued looted pages of LDS DOctrine and Convenants, one of plural wives of JoSeph Smith, Brigham Young, and Adam Lightner.

Maria Susanna Cummins (09 Apr 1827 – 01 Oct 1866 | Salem MA – Dorchester MA) short fiction writer, girls’ / young adult serial novelist.

Mary Strong Kinney (09 Apr 1859 – 17 Jun 1938 | Salem OR – Seaside OR) suffragist, politician, Oregon State Senator, sawmill owner / manager.

Margaret Mann (09 Apr 1873 – 22 Aug 1960 | Cedar Rapids IA – Cedar Rapids IA) author, librarian, archivist, professor, pioneer in library cataloging and library science education.

Florence Beatrice Price (09 Apr 1887 – 03 Jun 1953 | Little Rock AR – Chicago IL) solo / choral / orchestral / symphonic composer, first African-American woman recognized as symphonic composer and to have composition played by major orchestra.