“Woman’s ability to earn money is a better protection against the tyranny and brutality of man than her ability to vote.” 627: Victoria Woodhull The First Woman to Run for United States President Born: 23 September 1838, Homer, Ohio, United States of America Died: 9 June 1927, Bredon, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Victoria was a women’s…
“I remember the night she died. My mother was there at the time. She had a strong voice, and I heard her calling her father. He went after a doctor, but it was too late. They let her lay too long.” -Sarah’s Neighbor at the Time of Her Death 626: Sarah Lincoln Grigsby Abraham Lincoln’s…
625: Sarah Bush Lincoln Abraham Lincoln’s Beloved Stepmother Born: 13 December 1788, Hardin County, Kentucky, United States of America (Present-day Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States of America) Died: 12 April 1869, Coles County, Illinois, United States of America Sarah married her first husband in 1806, but he wasn’t all that great with money. He appeared on…
624: Mary Galloway Union Soldier During the War Between the States Birth and Death Dates Unknown, as are Locations Mary was wounded at the Battle of Antietam (sources differ as to whether she was shot in the neck or received a chest wound). Her identity was uncovered by Clara Barton while undergoing treatment in a…
623: Ida Remington Union Soldier Who Served With the 11th New York Infantry During the War Between the States Birth and Death Dates Unknown, as are Locations Ida fought in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain. In 1863 she was detected as a female and jailed after getting drunk in Harrisburg. After the war, Ida fades…
622: Rebecca Peterman Union Soldier Who Fought With the 7th Wisconsin Infantry During the War Between the States Born: c. 1846, Location Unknown Death Date Unknown, as is Location Also Known As: Georgianna Peterman Rebecca enlisted in 1862 at the age of sixteen. She fought at the Battles of Antietam and South Mountain. Escaping the battles unscathed,…
“The finger that used to wear that ring will never wear it again. The hand is dead but the soldier lives on.” -Catherine to the Pennsylvania Governor After he tried to return the ring she gave him after he carried her off the battlefield 621: Catherine E Davidson Union Soldier of the Ohio 28th Infantry…
620: Clara Quintanilla Art Restorer Birth Date Unknown, as is Location Died: 29 October 2016, Most Likely Madrid, Spain The little we know about Clara tells us she worked for the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Clara restored over two hundred paintings at the museum during the thirty-four years she worked there. Sources: https://spanishbaroqueart.tumblr.com/post/152873418827/in-memoriam-clara-quintanilla-clara-quintanilla https://gallerix.org/news/world/201211/v-prado-vystavlena-otrestavrirovannaya-kartina-ticiana-san-xuan-bautista/…
To see the infinite pity of this place, The mangled limb, the devastated face, The innocent sufferers smiling at the rod, A fool were tempted to deny his God. He sees, and shrinks; but if he look again, Lo, beauty springing from the breast of pain!— He marks the sisters on the painful shores, And…
618: Clementine Churchill So Much More Than Winston’s Wife Born: 1 April 1885, Mayfair, Westminster, London, United Kingdom Died: 12 December 1977, Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom Nobody knows for certain who Clementine’s father was (her aristocratic parents were notorious for having affairs and hating one another, and her “father” left her mother when she was…