“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,…
989: Hetepheres I Ancient Egyptian Queen Born: Before c. 2613 BC, Ancient Egypt Died: Most Likely After 2589 BC, Ancient Egypt One of her titles was “Daughter of God.” Hetepheres was the wife of Pharaoh Snefru and was a member of the royal family during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty (c.2575-c.2465 BC). The fourth dynasty is best…
Neferneferuaten and Her Sister Neferneferure 987: Neferneferuaten Tasherit Fourth Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1344 BC, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Died: Before c. 1333 BC, Possibly Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Also Known As: Neferneferuaten The Younger Her name has been translated as “Most Beautiful one of Aten, younger,” or…
Photo courtesy of Setepenre’s Wikipedia Article The carving depicts Setepenre (left) with Neferneferure and Neferneferuaten Tasherit 986: Setepenre Sixth Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1343, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Died: c. 1338, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Also Spelled: Sotepenre It is believed Setepenre was born between the ninth and…
985: Neferneferure Fifth Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1344, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Died: c. 1339, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Her name has been translated as “Most Beautiful One of Re,” or “Beautiful are the Beauties of Re.” It is believed Neferneferure was born around the eighth year of…
Meketaten situated on her mother, Nefertiti’s lap 984: Meketaten Second Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1348 BC, Thebes, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Luxor, Egypt) Died: c.1338 BC, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Her name has been translated as either “Behold the Aten” or “Protected by Aten.” For more information about the Aten and…
In October of 2020, I casually purchased a copy of Graveyards of the Wild West: Arizona by Heather L Moulton and Susan Tatterson from my local Barnes and Noble. After thumbing through the book, my mother and I decided it would be fun to take several road trips around our state to visit these Old…
“I was an eyewitness of the whole affair [the Battle of Saratoga]…. I knew my husband was in the midst of it…. I shivered at every shot.” 988: Baroness Frederika von Riedesel Accompanied Her Husband During the Revolutionary War and Later Wrote a Book of Her Recollections Born: 11 July 1746, Brandenberg, Kingdom of Prussia…
“The law imprinted in all men’s hearts is to love one another. I will look to the whole world as my Country and all men as my brothers. We are made for cooperation and to act against one another is to act contrary to nature.” 983: Thea Christiansen Foss Founder of Foss Launch Company, Arguably…