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…
1186: Cleopatra Thea Queen of the Seleucid Empire Born: c165 BCE, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Egypt) Died: c121 BCE, Ancient Seleucid Empire (Present-day Syria) Also Known As: Cleopatra Euteria Greek Alphabet: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Cleopatra Thea was the daughter of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II of Egypt. She was most likely the older sister of Cleopatra III….
1185: Arsinoë II Philadelphus Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor, & Macedonia Born: c.318-314 BCE, Most-Likely Memphis, Ptolemaic-Controlled Ancient Egypt (Present-day Mit Rahineh, Egypt) Died: c.270-268 BCE, Alexandria, Ptolemaic-Controlled Ancient Egypt (Present-day Alexandria, Egypt) Arsinoë was the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice I, the first Ptolemaic couple to rule over Egypt after the death of…
1184: Laura Eisenhuth Alming The First Woman to Win an Election for State Office in the United States Born: 29 May 1859, Blenheim, Ontario, Canada Died: 20 September 1937, Medford, Oregon, United States of America Laura was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Dakota in 1892. She ran for office once again in 1894….
Since I was seven or eight years old, I have been fascinated by all things history. Luckily in my (now almost twenty-four) years of living, I have managed to visit some pretty interesting places and learn lots of local history. Here are some of my adventures I’ve had along the way. 2007-Visiting Sentimental Journey at…
1183: Arachidamia Spartan Warrior Queen Born: c.340 BC, Sparta (Present-day Sparta, Greece) Died: c.241 BC, Sparta (Present-day Sparta, Greece) Also Spelled: Archidamia Arachidamia led the Spartan women against Pyrrhus during the siege of Lacedaemon. At the time, most of Sparta’s warriors were off fighting a war, leaving the city itself relatively undefended. Evidently the Spartan…
“I am very tired of the kind of life I lead, but it is my bread. I’ve not had much butter.” 1182: Estelle Reel The First Woman Elected to Statewide Office in Wyoming Born: 1862, Illinois, United States of America Died: 2 August 1959, Possibly Washington State, United States of America* Estelle was elected to…
These are the Entries born in the present-day boundaries of the country of Tunisia in Northern Africa. Entries: Fatima Al-Fihriya, Founded the World’s First Continually Operated University
1181: Fatima al-Fihriya Founded the University of Al Quaraouiyine in 859 AD, Which was the World’s First University Born: c.800 AD, Present-day Kairouan (or Qayrawan), Tunisia Died: c. 878-880 AD, Present-day Fes, Morrocco Full Name: Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiyya Also Spelled: Fatima al-Fihri Fatima was born into a wealthy family. Her father was a…