“I wouldn’t be alive if it hadn’t been for those paintings, and my kids wouldn’t be here.” 1074: Dina Gottliebova Babbitt Shoah Survivor Whose Ordeal Didn’t End with the Liberation of the Camps Born: 21 January 1923, Brno, Czechoslovakia (Present-day Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic) Died: 29 July 2009, Felton, California, United States of America…
1073: Lya Graf Immortalized in a Photo in Which She is Sitting on JP Morgan’s Lap Born: c.1901-1913, Germany Died: 1941, Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Present-day Oswiecim, Poland) Original Name: Lia Schwartz Lya was born with a form of dwarfism. She was twenty-seven inches tall and wanted no part of being in the photos (which took…
1072: Caroline Crachami One of the First Well-Known Cases of Dwarfism Born: 1815, Either Italy or Ireland* Died: 3 June 1824, West London, England, United Kingdom Also Known As: The Sicilian Fairy or The Sicilian Dwarf Possible Real Name: Caroline Foghell In 1824, Caroline arrived in London to be put on display as a human…
“The human mind contemplates [the virtues of Christ] with marvel. The heart imitates them with love.” 1071: Maria Gaetana Agnesi The First Woman to Write a Well-Known Calculus Textbook Born: 16 May 1718, Milan, Habsburg Crown Lands (Present-day Milan, Italy) Died: 9 January 1799, Milan, Habsburg Crown Lands (Present-day Milan, Italy) Maria was a linguist,…
Over the past two days, my mother and I have visited three more cemeteries: Provo City (Provo, Utah), American Fork (American Fork, Utah), and Sacajawea (Fort Washakie, Wyoming–Located on the Wind River Reservation). I wanted to visit each cemetery for a specific purpose; someone from my lists are buried in each one. Provo City was…
Tucked away from the road within Grand Canyon National Park is a small, tranquil graveyard that is open to the public, despite what Google will have you believe. When my mother and I arrived at the park entrance today, we asked the ranger if the Pioneer Cemetery was in fact open to the public. The…
Ah Boothill, the most famous of Arizona’s “Wild West Cemeteries.” Boothill claims that title for various reasons, including its proximity to Tombstone, arguably Arizona’s most famous “Wild West Town”, as well as the fact that many well known individuals are buried within the confines of Boothill Graveyard itself. My family (and by family this time…
“I know that when I die the Museum wants my body.” 1070: Truganini The Last Full Blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian Born: c.1812, Tasmania, Australia Died: 8 May 1876, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Also Known As: Trugernanner, Trukanini, or Trucanini Truganini was one of the Palawa, and her father was a local tribal chieftain. Truganini’s childhood was spent…
1069: Kára McCullough Temple Miss USA 2017 Born: 9 September 1991, Naples, Italy Kára also finished in the top ten for Miss Universe 2017. Her focus and goal during her time as Miss USA was advocating for children to be more exposed to STEM fields. She went on to found SE4K, or Science Exploration For…
1068: Berenice III Queen Regnant of Egypt During a Time of Political Turmoil Born: c.120 BCE, Ptolemaic Egypt Died: c.80 BCE, Ptolemaic Egypt Also Known As: Cleopatra Berenice III Berenice had previously served as Queen Consort to her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander I of the Ptolemaic Dynasty and had one daughter with him. At the…