1015: Catherine O’Leary Had Her Life Ruined When People Blamed Her Cow for Starting the Great Chicago Fire Born: March 1827, Ireland (Unknown whether Present-day Northern or Republic) Died: 3 July 1895, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Yes, you’re reading that right. For over one hundred years now, Chicagoans have been blaming a poor…
973: Catherine Ann Barnard First Elected Female State Official in Oklahoma (United States of America) Born: 23 May 1875, Geneva, Nebraska, United States of America Died: 23 February 1930, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America Also Known As: Kate Barnard Before entering politics, Kate was a teacher and stenographer. Her mother died before her…
960: Katharine Berry Richardson Created a Children’s Hospital in Kansas City Born: c.1858, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 3 June 1933, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America Katharine was sent to school by her older sister Alice. Once Katharine had her degrees, she worked so Alice could go to school. Katharine held degrees…
“Often I am the only woman in a crowd of two hundred or more horse dealers…Sometimes people come out to the stockyards to see in me a new curiosity, and there are a few who try to flirt or make sport of me. I just walk up to a group of such men and, looking…
“In my imagination I walk through our Dayton home, looking for [Orville] and all the dear family things that made my home. But I never find [Orville], and I have lost my old home forever, I fear.” 912: Katharine Wright Haskell Most Known for Being the Sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright Born: 19 August…
903: Catherine of Valois Used as a Political Tool to Hand France to England During the Hundred Years’ War Born: 27 October 1401, Paris, France Died: 2 January 1437, Bermondsey Abbey, London, England (Present-day Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom) Catherine’s marriage to Henry V legitimized his claim to be king of England and France and made…
863: Cathay Williams The First Woman to Enlist in the United States Army Born: c.1844, Independence, Missouri, United States of America Died: Sometime Between 1892 and 1900, Colorado, United States of America Cathay managed to join up by enlisting as a man, William Cathay (Misspelled Cathey in Army Records). Some sources list her as the…
“It was an honor. It was [a] sad duty, but it was a fitting tribute to the Marines and their families.” 862: Catherine Farrell Adler The First Female Marine to serve in Arlington’s Marine Corps Honor Guard Born: 3 January 1922, Fogo, Newfoundland, Canada Died: 25 December 2021, Arlington, Massachusetts, United States of America Her…
811: Cathie Jung The Real Queen of Hearts Born: 1937, United States of America Also Spelled: Cathy Jung Cathie holds the Record (courtesy of the Guinness Book) for having the world’s smallest waist on a living person. Her waist is fifteen inches when corseted and twenty-one without. Her bust and hips both measure thirty-nine inches,…
798: Catherine Gonsalvus Beauty was a Real Woman, Believe it or Not Lived: 1500’s Europe (Probably Born in France) Catherine was the wife of a man named Petrus. Petrus suffered from hypertrichosis; and when he was brought to the court of Henri II of France at the age of ten, most believed he was a…