This photo is not considered the iconic “Migrant Mother” photo, but was one of the six taken by a Federally paid photographer that day in 1936 “We just existed…We survived, let’s put it that way.” 998: Florence Owens Thompson Subject of the Famous ‘Migrant Mother’ Photographs of the Great Depression Era Born: 1 September 1903,…
997: Roopkuvarba Kanwar The Last Woman Known to Have Committed Sati in India Born: c.1969, Rajasthan, India Died: 4 September 1987, Deorala, India Also Known As: Roop Kuvarba or more-simply Roop Sati is a Hindu ritual in which a widow is meant to lay on her husband’s funeral pyre and be burned to death. I…
These are the entries born in the country of Nepal. Entries: Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi, Queen Consort and Regent of Nepal
996: Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi Queen Regent & Consort of Nepal Birth Date Unknown, Kingdom of Nepal (Present-day Nepal) Died: 5 May 1806 AD, Kingdom of Nepal (Present-day Sankhu, Nepal) Raj is most remembered today because she was forced to commit sati (the cultural belief in a wife burning to death on her husband’s funeral…
995: Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd President Franklin D Roosevelt’s Mistress and Longtime Companion Born: 26 April 1891, Washington DC, United States of America Died: 31 July 1948, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America Lucy was at the president’s side when he suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage at his second home in Warm Springs. Tellingly, Franklin’s…
994: Yaoya Oshichi Japanese Folk Tale on the Importance of Taking a Hint Born: c.1667, Tokyo, Japan Died: c.1682, Tokyo, Japan Oshichi was burned at the stake for trying to commit arson and not understanding a way to get out of being punished for her crime. Yes, this is a real story. Oshichi’s father was…
993: Joice Heth PT Barnum’s First Human Display Born: c.1756, Possibly Madagascar Died: 19 February 1836, New York, United States of America Joice was already elderly when she first came across the man now associated with the moniker “The Greatest Showman.” Some believe Joice was born in Madagascar, before she was enslaved and brought to…
“I fly because I like to.” 992: Ruth Law Oliver Record Setting Aviatrix Born: 21 March 1887, Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 1 December 1970, San Francisco, California, United States of America Ruth is best remembered for breaking multiple flying records and for fighting to get women to be able to fly military…
“Most men are ignorant — they don’t really understand. And so women have to just keep on with their determination and be relentless. We have to not relent.” 991: Bette Nesmith Graham Invented Liquid Paper (Wite Out was Her Knockoff Competitor) Born: 23 March 1924, Dallas, Texas, United States of America Died: 12 May 1980,…
Mary on Her Wedding Day 990: Mary Page Handy Her Husband is Remembered for Being the First Chancellor of the University of Arizona—Even Though He Also Horrifically Abused Her and Tried to Ruin Her Life Born: c.1860-1861, Tucson, New Mexico Territory, (Present-day Tucson, Arizona, United States of America)* Died: 1893, Tucson, Arizona Territory (Present-day Tucson,…