1196: Jane Sharp Pioneering Midwife and Author Born: Most Likely 1610s/1620s, Present-day England, United Kingdom Died: After 1671, Most-likely Present-day England, United Kingdom Jane is known for having written the first book on English midwifery to be written by a woman. When she published the book in 1671, Jane described herself as a midwife with…
1195: Zelia Nuttall One of the First and Most Important Mexican Archaeologists Born: 6 September 1857, San Francisco, California, United States of America Died: 12 April 1933, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico Zelia’s entire career was founded on the fact that she wanted to dispel the narrative that Mexico’s indigenous past was nothing more than “bloodthirsty…
1194: Charlotte “Charley” Parkhurst California Stagecoach Driver Born: 17 January 1812, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America (or Possibly Sharon, Vermont, United States of America)* Died: 18 or 28 December 1879, Watsonville, California, United States of America** Also Known As: One-Eyed Charley or Six-Horse Charley Charlotte was abandoned by her parents, according to some…
1193: Jeannie Rousseau de Clarens World War II Spy Born: 1 April 1919, Saint-Breuc, France Died: 23 August 2017, Montaigu, France Jeannie’s father was a World War I veteran and a politician in Paris. She graduated at the top of her class in 1939 and was known for being adept at languages. Soon after the…
1192: Anna Göldi The Last Person to be Executed for Witchcraft in Europe Born: 24 October 1734, Senwald, Switzerland Died: 13 June 1782 AD, Glarus, Switzerland Anna was born into a very poor family at the bottom of the social ladder. She worked as a maid in various households from the age of fifteen, but…
1191: Claire (Phillips) Snyder Subject of the 1951 Film “I Was an American Spy” Born: 2 December 1907, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America Died: 22 May 1960, Portland, Oregon, United States of America Original Name: Mabel Clara Dela Taste Before the war, Claire was a stage actress and singer. She had two sisters…
1190: Carol McCain Former White House Visitor’s Office Director Born: 1938, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States of America Carol attended college at the Centenary Junior College for Women in New Jersey. She also worked as a model. Carol had two children with her first husband*, however, she is best known for being the first wife of…
1189: Hipparchia of Maroneia Greek Philosopher Born: c.340-330 BCE, Maroneia, Thrace, Ancient Greece (Present-day Maroneia, Greece) Died: c. 280 BCE, Athens, Ancient Greece (Present-day Athens, Greece) She is known for being drawn to the Cynic lifestyle, one of the few women to study philosophy in Ancient Greece. While little biographical information about her early life…
1188: Erinna of Telos Ancient Greek Poet Lived: c. 4th Century BC, Telos, Ancient Greece (Present-day Tilos, Greece) Also Known As: Herinna Erinna is most remembered for her long-form poem entitled “The Distaff” which is a lament on the loss of her friend. While the original work is supposed to have been 300 lines long,…
1187: Phile of Priene The First Woman Elected as Magistrate in Priene, Ancient Greece Lived: c.100-50 BC, Priene, Ancient Greece (Present-day Güllübahçe, Aydın, Turkey) Greek Alphabet: Φίλη Phile personally paid for the city’s aqueduct and reservoir, which is how she was elected as a magistrate (or local judicial officer). Historians know she was a real…