852: Margaret of Anjou Queen of England Who Ruled in Her Husband’s Favor During His Bouts of Insanity Born: 23 March 1429/1430, Lorraine, France (Sources differ) Died: 25 August 1482, Anjou, France Margaret was also a pivotal figure in the Wars of the Roses and is recognized as the leader of the Lancastrian faction. Margaret’s…
“Prior to my election, Cherokee girls would have never thought that they might grow up and become chief.” 851: Wilma Mankiller The First Female Chief of the Cherokee Nation Born: 18 November 1945, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States of America Died: 6 April 2010, Stilwell, Oklahoma, United States of America Wilma was born dirt poor on…
“I swear on this [prayer] book that wherever life will take me, under whatever circumstance, I shall always remain a good, true Jew.” 850: Gisella Perl Gynecologist and Prisoner in Auschwitz Concentration Camp Born: 1907, Maramarossziget, Hungary (Present-day Sighet Marmatiei, Maramureș, Romania) Died: 30 November 1988, Jerusalem, Israel Gisella’s father was a Rabbi, and Gisella…
849: Sergeant Opha Johnson The First Female Enlisted Marine in the United States Born: 4 May 1879, Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America Died: 11 August 1955, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Her middle name has been spelled as either “May” or “Mae.” Not much is known about her early life, but…
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.” 848: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Social Reformer and Leading Figure in the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States Born: 12 November 1815, Johnstown, New York, United States of America Died: 26 October 1902, New York City, New York, United States of America Elizabeth…
847: Christie Hefner Former Playboy Enterprises Inc CEO Born: 8 November 1952, Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America Christie is the daughter of Hugh Hefner. She is his oldest child. Christie’s parents divorced when she was four and her only full sibling was one. Her mother remarried and moved Christie and her brother to a…
” … Hugh M. Hefner is—though few will ever really realize it—a staunchly upright, rigorously moral man—and I know him well and he has never been involved in the criminal activity which is being attributed to him now.” 846: Bobbie Arnstein Hugh Hefner’s Personal Secretary Born: 2 May 1940, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Died: 18…
“Like all pioneers, I labored more in faith and hope.” 845: Esther Hobart Morris The First Female Justice of the Peace in the United States Born: 8 August 1814, Spencer, New York, United States of America Died: 2 April 1902, Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America Esther served the city of South Pass in Wyoming….
“I give you as my slogan in this campaign—’Let my people go.'” 844: Charlotta Bass Newspaper Publisher and Politician Born: 13 February 1874, Sumter, South Carolina, United States of America Died: 12 April 1969, Los Angeles, California, United States of America In 2020 news broke that Kamala Harris was the first African American woman to…
843: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort of England Known as “The White Queen” Born: 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England (Present-day Northamptonshire, England, United Kindgom) Died: 8 June 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, Greater London, England (Present-day Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom) Elizabeth was frowned upon (to put it politely) because of her Low Birth Status. In layman’s terms,…