771: Charlotte May Pierstorff Sipes She was Mailed as a Child Through the United States Postal System Born: 12 May 1908, Westlake, Idaho, United States of America Died: 25 April 1987, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America After Charlotte’s famous shipment, the US postal service was forced to change their shipping policies to prevent…
770: Petra Herrera Soldadera who Fought in the Mexican Revolution Birth Date Unknown, Mexico Died: c.1917, Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico Petra fought alongside Pancho Villa under the name “Pedro” (she also dressed like a man). What Petra’s early life was like is unknown. When she was born, or where, or who her parents were—all mysteries….
These are the entries born in the country of Armenia or within the borders of that modern country. Entries: Shajar al-Durr, The second female sultan in Islamic history
769: Shajar al-Durr Female Sultan Born: c.1220 AD, Present-day Armenia* Died: 1257 AD, Present-day Cairo, Egypt Alternate Spelling: Shajarat al-Durr Royal Name: al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr Shajar was the first woman in Islamic Egyptian History to become a Monarch (the second Muslim woman overall) and the first woman to rule Egypt since Cleopatra…
These are the entries born in the country of Brazil, whether the modern country we see now or within the borders before the country came to be. Entries: Anita Garibaldi, It Takes a Special Woman to Fight in Several Revolutions
768: Anita Garibaldi Revolutionary and Comrade in Arms of Giuseppe Garibaldi Born: 30 August 1821, Morrinhos, Brazilian Empire (Present-day Santa Catarina, Brazil) Died: 4 August 1849, near Present-day Ravenna, Italy Original Name: Ana Maria de Jésus Riberio da Silva Anita’s Revolutionary Husband Giuseppe had some qualms about bringing along his often-pregnant wife on his various…
767: Gloria Estefan Multi-Grammy Award Winning Singer and Dancer Born: 1 September 1957, Havana, Cuba Gloria has worked as a solo artist and also from the band Miami Sound Machine. A Broadway musical about her life debuted in 2015 called “On Your Feet”. When Gloria was little, her family fled Cuba with the rising of…
766: Thomasine Cooper White Talk About Early Family Connections Born: c.1546, Present-day England, United Kingdom Last Known Position*: 1587, Roanoke Colony, (Present-day Roanoke Island, North Carolina, United States of America) Also Spelled: Thomasin or Tomasyn Thomasine was the wife of John White and mother of Elinor—making her the grandmother of Virginia Dare, the first English…
“I will not marry the pig snout!” 765: Sophia Dorothea of Celle Royalty Really Isn’t All Its Cracked Up to Be Born: 15 September 1666, Present-day Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany Died:13 November 1726, Present-day Ahlden, Lower Saxony, Germany Alternate Spelling: Sophie Dorothea Sophia was a princess (or more accurately duchess, but in this case the…
764: Julia the Elder Daughter of Rome’s First Emperor Augustus Born: 30 October 39 BC, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: 14 AD, Rhegium, Roman Empire (Present-day Reggio Calabria, Italy) Also Known As: Julia Ceasaris filia or Julia Augusti filia Julia was his only biological child, and unfortunately her parents divorced when Julia was…