744: Sarah Morgan Dawson Author of A Confederate Girl’s Diary Born: 28 February 1842, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America Died: 5 May 1909, Paris, France The diary chronicled Sarah’s life from the age of nineteen to just before her death and has been published three times. Sarah only received one year of formal…
743: Sara Blakely Spanx Founder Born: 27 February 1971, Clearwater, Florida, United States of America Sara is now estimated to be worth a billion dollars. That’s this many: $1,000,000,000! In March of 2012, Forbes crowned Sara the youngest (until Kylie Jenner came along that is) self-made female billionaire. The following year, Sara signed the Melinda…
What have we done to you death that you treat us so, with always another catch one day a warrior the next a head of state charmed by the loyal you choose the best iniquitous, unequalling death I would not complain if you were just but you take the worthy leaving fools for us. 742:…
I hope to one day include the names of Olga’s victims here, to honor them so they will never be forgotten, however I have been unable to locate their names at this time. 741: Olga Hepnarová Czech Mass Murderer Born: 30 June 1951, Prague, Czechoslovakia (Present-day Prague, Czech Republic) Died: 12 March 1975, Prague, Czechoslovakia…
740: Marie Stopes Author, Suffragette, Eugenicist, and Birth Control Pioneer Born: 15 October 1880, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Died: 2 October 1958, Dorking, United Kingdom Marie wasn’t a medical doctor, and that was only part of the reason why the medical establishment and Catholic Church hated her. She was, in fact, a paleobotanist, and became the…
“I feel like I was set up to be the courier. I was a perfect choice because I could come and go without notice, and if noticed, no one would’ve believed it anyway.” 739: Judith Exner Allegedly President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s Mistress Born: 11 January 1934, New York City, New York, United States of America…
738: Angela Hutchinson Hammer Arizona’s First Female Publisher Born: 30 November 1870, Virginia City, Nevada, United States of America Died: 9 April 1952, Arizona, United States of America In 1905, a recently divorced Angela was desperate to earn a living so she could feed her children. Her industrious attitude led Angela to purchasing the necessary…
737: Terra Jolé Actress Known for Being on Little Women: LA Born: 25 May 1980, Comal County, Texas, United States of America Original Name: Terra Jolé Odmark Terra also acts as executive producer on the show. Terra placed fifth in her season of Dancing with the Stars. She has three children as of March 2020:…
736: Marina Raskova Soviet Navigator and Pioneering Pilot Born: 28 March 1912, Moscow, Russia Died: 4 January 1943, Soviet Union (Present-day Saratov Oblast, Russia) As a child, Marina hoped to be a musician and then later a chemist. Marina was the first woman to become a navigator in the Soviet Air Force at the age…
735: Katherine Gilnagh Manning RMS Titanic Survivor Born: 30 October 1894, Rhine (Also Spelled Rhyne), County Longford, Ireland (Present-day Republic of Ireland) Died: 1 March 1971, Long Island, New York, United States of America Also Known As: Kate or Katie Gilnagh Katherine was coming to America to join her sister who had immigrated earlier on….