Category: Sara/Sarah Collection

626) Sarah Lincoln Grigsby

Courtesy of A Mighty Girl

"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 Elder Sister

Born: 10 February 1807, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States of America

Died: 20 January 1828, Dale, Indiana, United States of America

Sarah’s mother was Nancy Lincoln. Both Sarah and Abraham would attend a basic ABC school, and from her mother Sarah learned to make soap, cook over an open fire, and spin wool. When her mother died in 1818, Sarah had to help prepare her body for burial. When Nancy died, Sarah was suddenly placed in charge of taking care of the household. Sarah, all of eleven years old, now had to help care for her younger brother, eighteen-year-old orphaned cousin, and her father.

When Thomas, Sarah and Abraham’s mother, remarried to Sarah Bush Lincoln, the two Sarah’s were able to share the household chores. Throughout the rest of her teenage years, Sarah was able to infrequently attend several schools, continuing on her education to a degree.

In 1826, Sarah married Aaron Grigsby. Nine months after the wedding, Sarah announced she was pregnant.

Sarah died in childbirth, trying to bring her first child into the world. The baby passed away as well.

Sarah is buried with her baby in her arms.

Both Sarah and Nancy’s deaths were just the beginning of the numerous family members Abraham would have to bury in his life.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In My Personal Library:

Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal (1789-1900) by Robert Watson

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/libo/learn/historyculture/sarah-lincoln-grigsby.htm

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lincoln-544

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9270712/sarah-grigsby

625) Sarah Bush Lincoln

Courtesy of Thomas' Legion

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 a delinquent tax roll the same year Sarah and he married. When he died in 1812, Sarah was left with three small children and no money to raise them with.

In 1819, a recently widowed Thomas Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s father, traveled to Kentucky from Indiana to marry Sarah. They knew each other previously when both were living in Kentucky, and the marriage was one of convenience rather than love, at least at the outset. The pair wed on December 2nd, and soon after Sarah and her three children returned to Indiana with Thomas to join Abraham and his sister Sarah (the future Sarah Lincoln Grigsby).

Sarah encouraged her stepson Abraham to become as educated as he could. Sarah herself never learned to read or write, unlike Abraham's birth mother Nancy Lincoln who was literate. Sarah only owned one book, the family Bible, and she encouraged Abraham to read from it every night to further his education. She was always very kind to him; publicly mourning his death once it was announced in 1865. The last time she had seen her stepson in person was the first of February 1861, when he stopped by her homestead before moving to the White House.

As of 2020, there is a health center in Coles County, Illinois, named in honor of Sarah Bush Lincoln.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/sarabush.htm

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bush-1815

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8256/sarah-lincoln

547) Sarah Anzick

Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Montana

“It took your breath away when you realized what it was that you were looking at. It was beautiful to me and very precious.”

547: Sarah Anzick

Molecular Biologist at the National Institute of Health

Born: c.1966, Montana, United States of America

When Sarah was two years old, the remains of a 12,600-year-old male toddler were found on her family’s ranch (later known as Anzick-1—the only known Clovis burial site).

Today, Sarah uses genetics to study allergies, immunology, and infectious diseases.

Sarah also participated in the Human Genome Project. She was featured on an episode of PBS’s Nova entitled: Great Human Odyssey in October of 2016.

Sources:

https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-molecular-biologist-sarah-l-anzick

https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/anzick-child-corvallis-researcher-s-story-part-of-pbs-special/article_69df3093-2e77-5559-bff1-88a7c3265332.html

Numerous Names Collection

This page categorizes the names of men and women who have popped up most throughout my research. While it seems to be a running joke in some schools that each grade has four Mary's, in this case, I've identified that to be a historical fact more than an outlier. The most popular names I've identified are: Alice, Ann, Barbara, Catherine, Elizabeth, Hannah, James, Jane, Jean, Joan, John, Joseph/Josephine, Julia/Julian, Margaret, Maria, Mary, Rebecca, Rose, Sara, William.

If you spot a name under the list that clearly isn't the same name (Take Nancy Reagan for Example), that's because their born given name was the name under the heading.

Alice:

  1. Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created the First Real Leprosy Treatment
  2. Alice Berry Graham, Co-Creator of Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City
  3. Alice Bullis Ayler, One of the Last Children to Ride an Orphan Train
  4. Alice Coachman, The First African American Woman to Earn an Olympic Gold Medal
  5. Alice Doherty, The Minnesota Woolly Girl
  6. Alice Guy-Blache, The First Writer and Director of Narrative Films
  7. Alice Huyler Ramsey, The First Woman to Drive Across the United States, Coast to Coast
  8. Alice Liddell Hargreaves, The Real Alice in Wonderland
  9. Alice Paul, Strategist and Women's Suffrage Advocate In the United States
  10. Alice Perrers, Mistress to Edward III
  11. Alice Sanger, the first female staffer hired by the White House

Ann/Anna/Anne/Annie etc:

  1. General Ann E Dunwoody, The First Woman to Attain the Rank of Four-Star General in the United States Army
  2. Ann Hodges, Meteorite Victim
  3. Ann Rutledge, Reportedly Abraham Lincoln's First Love
  4. Anna D Allen, World War II Veteran and Schoolteacher
  5. Anna Aumuller, She was Murdered By Her Catholic Priest Husband
  6. Anna Bagenholm, Radiologist and World Record Holder
  7. Anna Ella Carroll, The First Unofficial Female Member of a US Cabinet
  8. Anna Goldi, The Last Person to be Executed for Witchcraft in Europe
  9. Anna J Harrison, Physical Chemist
  10. Anna Kingsley, From Princess to Slave to Plantation Overseer
  11. Anna May Wong, The First Chinese-American Film Actress
  12. Anna Nicole Smith, Model and Actress
  13. Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue
  14. Anne Askew, Protestant Martyr
  15. Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and Second Wife of Henry VIII
  16. Anne Bonny, Pirate
  17. Anne Bradstreet, Poet
  18. Anne Brontë, Novelist and Poet
  19. Anne Frank, Diarist and Victim of the Shoah
  20. Anne Hutchinson, Puritan Rule Breaker
  21. Anne Neville, Queen Consort of England
  22. Anne of Cleves, Queen of England and Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
  23. Anne Royall, The First Female Journalist to Interview a United States President
  24. Anne Sheafe Miller, The First Patient Saved by Penicillin
  25. Anne Sullivan, The Woman Who Taught Helen Keller
  26. Anne Wojcicki, Former CEO of 23andMe
  27. Anneliese Michel, The Real Exorcist Victim
  28. Annette Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
  29. Annie Easley, Computer Programmer and Hidden Figure
  30. Annie Edson Taylor, The First Person to Go Down Niagara Falls in a Barrel and Survive
  31. Major Annie Fox, The First Female Recipient of the Combat Purple Heart
  32. Annie Jump Cannon, Pioneering Astronomer
  33. Annie K Londonderry, The First Woman to Bicycle Her Way Around the World
  34. Annie Moore Schayer, The First Immigrant to Pass Through Ellis Island
  35. Annie Oakley, Famed Sharpshooter
  36. Dina Babbitt, Shoah Survivor and Artist
  37. Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady of the United States
  38. Faustina the Elder, Empress of Rome
  39. Faustina the Younger, Empress of Rome
  40. Moana Pozzi, Adult Film Actress and Politician
  41. Nancy Reagan, Former First Lady of the United States
  42. Tina Turner, Singer and Dancer

Barbra/Barbara:

  1. Barbara Bush, Former First Lady of the United States of America
  2. Barbara Corcoran, Founder of the Corcoran Group and Shark on ABC's Shark Tank
  3. Barbara Luddy, Voice Actress and Radio Star
  4. Barbara McClintock, Cytogeneticist
  5. Barbara Villiers Palmer, Mistress to Charles II of England
  6. Barbara Walters, Media Personality and Journalist
  7. Barbara Washburn, The First Woman to Summit Mt. Denali
  8. Barbi Benton, Model, Singer, and Actress
  9. Barbra Streisand, Multifaceted Entertainer

Catherine/Katherine etc:

  1. Arizona Barker, Notorious Outlaw
  2. Cathay Williams, The First Woman to Enlist in the US Army
  3. Catherine Barnard, First Female Elected State Official from Oklahoma
  4. Catherine Cortez Masto, The First Latina State Attorney General and Senator
  5. Catherine Davidson, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
  6. Catherine de Medici, Queen of France
  7. Catherine Farrell Adler, The First Female Marine to Serve in Arlington's Marine Corps Honor Guard
  8. Catherine Gonsalvus, The Real Beauty
  9. Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Fifth Wife of Henry VIII
  10. Catherine, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
  11. Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England and First Wife of Henry VIII
  12. Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England
  13. Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, Murder Victim Whose Death Helped Create the 911 Emergency Alert System
  14. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
  15. Catherine O'Leary, Life Ruined by the Implication She had Started the Great Chicago Fire
  16. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Actress
  17. Cathie Jung, Now That is a Slim Waist
  18. Catterina Vizzani, The Lesbian, Renaissance Crossdresser
  19. Ekaterina Dolgorukaya, Mistress and Later Wife of Alexander II
  20. Kate Shelley, Railroad Heroine
  21. Kate Warne, The First Female Detective in United States History
  22. Katharina Schratt, Mistress of Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
  23. Katharine Berry Richardson, Co-Created Children's Mercy Hospital Alongside Her Sister Alice
  24. Katharine Graham, Former CEO of The Washington Post
  25. Katharine Wright Haskell, Supportive Sister and So Much More
  26. Katherine Johnson, Physicist and Hidden Figure
  27. Katherine Parr, Queen of England and Sixth Wife of Henry VIII
  28. Kathrine Switzer, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon
  29. Kathryn Beaumont, Voice Actress and Disney Legend
  30. Kathryn Bigelow, The First Woman to Win the Academy Award for Best Director
  31. Kittie Wilkins, The Horse Queen of Idaho

Elisabeth/Elizabeth etc:

  1. Bessie Coleman, The First African American and Native American Woman to Earn a Pilot's License
  2. Betsy Ross, Legend Has it She Stitched the First US Flag
  3. Betty Ford, Former First Lady of the United States
  4. Betty Zane, Revolutionary War Heroine
  5. Elisabeth of Austria, Empress of Austria
  6. Elisabetta Sirani, One of the Most Famous Painters in Early Modern Bologna
  7. Eliza Cook, Poet and Political Reformist
  8. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Widow of General George Custer
  9. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet
  10. Elizabeth Blackburn, Former President of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  11. Elizabeth Blackwell, The First Woman to Receive a Medical Degree from an American School
  12. Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount, Mistress to Henry VIII
  13. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Social Reformer & Suffrage Leader
  14. Elizabeth Cowell, The First Female Television Announcer
  15. Elizabeth Fleischman-Aschheim, X-Ray Pioneer
  16. Elizabeth Freeman, The First Slave to File and Win a Suit for Freedom in Massachusetts (USA)
  17. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, The First Woman to Qualify as a Surgeon and Doctor in the UK
  18. Elizabeth I, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
  19. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
  20. Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt, The First Lady of Hartford
  21. Elizabeth Jennings Graham, She Did it 100 Years Before Rosa Parks
  22. Elizabeth Keckley, Former Slave Turned Seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln
  23. Elizabeth Magie, Inventor of Monopoly
  24. Elizabeth Peabody, Educator and Author
  25. Elizabeth Proctor Richards, Salem Witch
  26. Elizabeth Rawdon, The First Person to Undertake a Scientific Study of a Bog Body
  27. Elizabeth Short, The Black Dahlia
  28. Elizabeth Tabor, The Silver Queen of Colorado
  29. Elizabeth Taylor, Actress and Advocate for Various Causes
  30. Elizabeth Woodville, England's "White Queen"
  31. Erzsébet Báthory de Ecsed, Possibly a Notorious Serial Killer
  32. Lizzie Arlington, The First Woman to Play on a Men's Professional Baseball Team
  33. Lola Montez, Professional Liar
  34. Millvina Dean, The Last Living Survivor of the RMS Titanic
  35. Nellie Bly, Pioneer in Investigative Journalism

Hanna/Hannah:

  1. Hannah Adams, the First Woman to Work Professionally as a Writer in the United States
  2. Hannah Anderson Ropes, Nurse During the War Between the States
  3. Hannah Duston, This Colonial Revenge Story is Sure to Sicken the Masses
  4. Hannah Snell,Soldier and Sailor
  5. Hannah Stilley Gorby, The Oldest Person Ever Photographed
  6. Hannah Szenes, Poet and SOE Operator During World War II
  7. Hannah White Arnett, Revolutionary War Patriot

James:

  1. James Clerk Maxwell, without him you never would have heard of Einstein
  2. Father James Coyle, he was murdered for an act of kindness
  3. James Doohan, actor who was shot six times by friendly fire during D-Day
  4. James Dunwoody Bulloch, The Confederate Navy's Greatest Asset
  5. James Parks, a freedman who is prominently buried in Arlington National Cemetery
  6. Colonel James Rowe, one of thirty-four prisoners to escape captivity during the Vietnam War
  7. James Wilson Marshall, he found the small sliver of gold that struck the '49 Rush

Jane:

  1. Jane Austen, novelist
  2. Jane Dickenson, Indentured Servant and Captive of the Pamunkey Tribe
  3. Jane Goodall,Primatologist
  4. Jane Grey, queen of England for a whole nine days
  5. Jane Haining, Missionary and One of Ten Confirmed Scotsmen to Have Died in a Nazi Concentration Camp
  6. Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife
  7. Jane Sharp, Midwife
  8. Jane Stanford,Co-Founder of Stanford University
  9. Jane C Wright, Oncologist and Pioneering Cancer Researcher

Jean/Jeanine:

  1. Jean Laborde, The Man Who Industrialized Madagascar
  2. Jean Paul, advocate and wife of the chief of the Maliseet Tribe
  3. Jean-Francois Champollion, one of the most important figures in translating Egyptian Hieroglyphs
  4. Jeanette Churchill, So much more than Winston's Mum
  5. Jeanne Becu, mistress to Louis XV of France
  6. Jeanne Boulet, Victim of the Beast of Gevauden
  7. Jeanne Calment, The Longest Living Confirmed Person in History
  8. Jeanne Hebuterne, Painter and Model
  9. Jeanne Poisson,mistress to Louis XV of France
  10. Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to US Congress
  11. Jeannie Rousseau, World War II Spy

Joan/Joann:

  1. Jo Ann Jenkins, Former CEO of AARP
  2. Pope Joan, Catholic Pope--Possibly
  3. Joan of Arc,Heavenly Warrior
  4. Joan Beauchamp Procter, Zoologist and Herpetologist
  5. Joan Crawford, One of Hollywood's Most Famous Actresses
  6. Joan Lee, Actress, Model, Author, and Wife of Stan the Man
  7. Joan Rivers, Comedian
  8. Joan Whitney-Payson, the First Woman to Buy Major Interest into a North American Sports League Team
  9. Joanna of Castile, Queen of Castile and Aragon
  10. Joanne Hayes-White, The First Woman to Serve as Chief of San Francisco's Fire Department
  11. Joanne Winter, Baseball and Golf Player

John:

  1. John Collins, RMS TitanicSurvivor
  2. John Glenn, that's one small step for a man
  3. John Harington, the man who named his toilet Ajax (it also just happened to be the first flushing toilet)
  4. John Killian Wren, the first FBI Agent of Native American Heritage
  5. Col. John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, he fought in World War II armed with bagpipes, a broadsword, and a longbow
  6. John B Ryerson, RMS TitanicSurvivor
  7. John Thayer III, RMS TitanicSurvivor
  8. John Walsh, Host of America's Most Wanted
  9. Private John Williams, the last casualty of the War Between the States
  10. John Peter Zenger, Free Speech for Me!

Josef/Joseph/Josephine:

  1. Josefina Guerrero, The Leper Spy
  2. Joseph Goldberger, you don't know what pellagra is because of him (be thankful)
  3. Joseph LaPointe Jr, Conscientious Objector and Medal of Honor Recipient
  4. Joseph Lister, the man who pioneered antiseptic medicine
  5. Josephine de Beauharnais Bonaparte, Empress of France
  6. Josephine S Lowell, Philanthropist and Advocate for Various Social Welfare Programs
  7. Myrtle Corbin, The Four-Legged Girl From Texas

Julia/Julian/Julie/Julien/Juliet:

  1. Giulia Tofana, Professional Poisoner
  2. Julia Agrippina, The First Roman Empress
  3. Julia Child, Celebrity Chef
  4. Julia Drusilla The Younger, Caligula's Only Legitimate Child
  5. Julia the Elder, Augustus's Only Biological Child
  6. Julia Gnuse, The Most Tattooed Lady in the World
  7. Julia Grant,The First Lady during her husband Ulysses S Grant's term
  8. Julian Assange, *Cue angry comments in 3...2...1*
  9. Juliane (Koepcke) Diller, Only Survivor of LANSA Flight 508
  10. Julie Andrews, Academy Award Winning Actress
  11. Julie d'Aubigny,The Bisexual Sword Swinging Opera Singer
  12. Julie Krone, The First Female Horse Jockey to Win the Triple Crown
  13. Julien Bryan, documentarian who illegally recorded life inside Berlin
  14. Juliet Opie Hopkins, Confederate Nurse during the War Between the States
  15. Juliette Lewis, Actress

Margret/Margaret etc:

  1. Daisy Ashford, Nine-Year-Old Novelist
  2. Maggie Smith, Actress
  3. Maggie Walker, Civil Rights Activist and Businesswoman
  4. Margaret Abbott, The First US Woman to Become an Olympic Champion
  5. Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and Pivotal Figure in the Wars of the Roses
  6. Margaret Breen McMahon, Last Survivor of the Donner Party
  7. Margaret Brent, The First Woman in the American Colonies to Appear Before a Court of Common Law
  8. Margaret Bulkley, Successful Army Surgeon
  9. Margaret Corbin, The First American Woman to be Awarded a Military Pension
  10. Margaret Floy Washburn, The First Woman to Earn a PhD In Psychology
  11. Margaret Hamilton, NASA Computer Code Writer
  12. Margaret Harwood, First Female Director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory
  13. Margaret Heffernan Borland, One of the First Female Cattle Drivers in the United States
  14. Margaret Keane, Painter Known for Her "Big Eyed Waifs"
  15. Margaret of Norway, Scotland's First Queen Regnant
  16. Margaret Rudkin, Founder of Pepperidge Farm
  17. Margaret Pole, Once a Traitor Now a Martyr
  18. Margaret Thatcher, The First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain
  19. Margaret Tobin Brown, The Unsinkable Maggie Brown, TitanicSurvivor
  20. Margaretha Zelle MacLeod, Mata Hari

Maria/Marie/Mariya:

  1. Adrienne de Noailles Lafayette, Lafayette's Wife and So Much More
  2. Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy
  3. Delphine LaLaurie, Notorious Serial Killer
  4. Elisa Griensen, Fought in the Mexican Revolution
  5. Eva Peron, Former First Lady of Argentina
  6. Maria Bartola, The First Historian of Mexico
  7. Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pioneering Calculus Mathematician
  8. Maria Goeppert Mayer, Theoretical Physicist
  9. Maria Halpin Hunt, Her Life was Destroyed by a US President
  10. Senora Dona Maria Luz Corral de Villa, Pancho Villa's Wife
  11. Maria Milagro de Hoyos, Today She is More Remembered for What Happened to Her Body After She Died
  12. Maria Mitchell, The First Female Astronomer in the United States
  13. Maria Montessori, Creator of the Montessori Learning Technique
  14. Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
  15. Maria Rasputin, Circus Performer and Grigori Rasputin's Daughter
  16. Maria Sibylla Merian, Entomologist and Scientific Illustrator
  17. Maria Teresa Mirabal, One of Las Mariposas
  18. Marianne Cope, Catholic Saint Who Helped Those Stricken with Hansen's Disease
  19. SSGT Mariya Oktyabrskaya, The Tank Driver Who Commanded Fighting Girlfriend
  20. Marie Aioe Dorion, The Second Woman to Trek Across the Western United States After Sacagawea
  21. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
  22. Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, French Communist Politician
  23. Marie Claude Beaumont, Former Le Mans Driver
  24. Marie Dionne, One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
  25. Marie Equi, Birth Control Provider and Political Demonstrator
  26. Marie "Mimi" Haist, Queen Mimi
  27. Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Youngest European Court Mistress
  28. Marie Marvingt, Pioneering Aviatrix and Athlete
  29. Marie Maynard Daly, The First African American Woman to Receive a PhD in Chemistry
  30. Marie Skłodowska Curie, The First Person to Ever Receive Two Nobel Prizes in Differing Sciences
  31. Marie Stopes, Eugenicist and Birth Control Pioneer
  32. Marie Walewska, Mistress of Napoleon
  33. Mary Horony Cummings, Also Known as Big Nose Kate
  34. Minerva Mirabal, One of Las Mariposas
  35. Olympe de Gouges, The Author of the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen
  36. Sacheen Littlefeather, "Native American" Activist
  37. Sophie Blanchard, The First Professional Female Balloonist

Mary:

  1. Billie Burke, Academy Award Winning Actress
  2. Caresse Crosby, Inventor, Publisher, and Businesswoman
  3. Edmonia Lewis, The First Professional African American Artist
  4. Mother Fidelia McMahon, Helped Expand and Innovate Arizona's First Hospital
  5. George Eliot, Novelist
  6. Jennie Wade, the Only Civilian Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
  7. Josephine Hensley, Influential Landowner in Montana's Wild West
  8. Libby Thompson, Madam, Prostitute, and Dance Hall Girl
  9. Mae Capone, Al's Widow
  10. Mae West, One of Hollywood's First "Sex Symbols"
  11. Mamie Fossett, Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory
  12. Marilu Henner, Actress
  13. Mary Agnes Chase, Botanist and Social Activist
  14. Mary Anderson, Windshield Wiper Inventor
  15. Mary Ann Conklin, Manager of Seattle's First Known Brothel
  16. Mary Anna Custis Lee, Family Connections Mean Nothing in War
  17. Mary Anne Arnold, The Cross-Dressing Sailor
  18. Mary Anne Talbot, She Served in the French Revolution Dressed Like a Man
  19. Mary Anning, The Fossil Collector
  20. Mary Bankes, Defended Her Home During the English Civil War
  21. Mary Barrett Dyer, One of America's First Religious Martyrs
  22. Mary Boleyn, Mistress of Henry VIII
  23. Mary Bradford Johns, Heroine of the Battle of Nashville
  24. Mary Brooks, Director of the US Mint From 1969 to 1977
  25. Mary Colter, Interior Designer and Architect
  26. Mary Curzon, Vicereine of India
  27. Mary Donoho, The First Lady of the Santa Fe Trail
  28. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, The First Woman in US History to be Awarded the Medal of Honor
  29. Mary the Elephant, Circus Performer
  30. Mary Ellen Pleasant, Entrepreneur & Abolitionist
  31. Mary Fairfax Somerville, Astronomer and Scientist
  32. Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse
  33. Mary Galloway, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
  34. Mary Golda Ross, First Female Native American Engineer
  35. Mary Higby Schweitzer, Paleontologist who Made an Astonishing Discovery
  36. Mary Jackson, The First African American Female Engineer at NASA
  37. Mary Jo Kopechne, Teacher and Campaign Worker
  38. Mary Katharine Goddard, The First Female Postmaster General in US History
  39. Mary Lou Gulley, The Mystery Castle Owner
  40. Mary Fields, aka Stagecoach Mary
  41. Mary I, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
  42. Mary Leakey, Paleoanthropologist
  43. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, The Real Molly Pitcher
  44. Mary Magdalene, Jesus's Apostle
  45. Mary Mallon, "Typhoid Mary"
  46. Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil Rights Advocate
  47. Mary Musgrove, Interpreter and Trading Post Owner
  48. Mary Page Handy, Arizona Pioneer Whose Life Reads Like a Greek Tragedy
  49. Mary Pearcey, Murderess
  50. Mary Peck Butterworth, Colonial Counterfeiter
  51. Mary Pinchot Meyer, Painter whose Murder has Never Been Solved
  52. Mary Phagan, Her Murder Brought the Ku Klux Klan Back to Life
  53. Mary Read, Pirate
  54. Mary Rogers, Cigar Girl Whose Murder Was Never Solved
  55. Mary Rowlandson, Kidnapping Victim who Later Wrote About Her Experience
  56. Mary Seacole, Nurse During the Crimean War
  57. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
  58. Mary Surratt, The First Woman Executed by the United States Federal Government
  59. Mary T Barra, CEO of General Motors
  60. Mary Todd Lincoln, Former First Lady of the United States
  61. Mary Toft, Convinced the General Public She Gave Birth to Rabbits
  62. Mary Vincent, Kidnap Victim Who Had Her Forearms Cut Off Before Being Left for Dead
  63. Mary von Vetsera, Baroness and the Other Half of the Mayerling Incident
  64. Mary Von Waldersee, Philanthropist & Possible Mistress of Wilhelm II
  65. Mary Whiton Calkins, The First Female President of the American Psychological Association
  66. Mary Wilde, Oscar Wilde's Half-Sister Who Died in a Freak Accident
  67. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Feminist Author
  68. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author of Frankenstein
  69. Moving Robe Woman, Fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn
  70. Polly Nichols, The First of Five Women Confirmed to Have Been Killed by Jack the Ripper
  71. Te Ata Fisher, Storyteller of the Chickasaw Nation

Rebecca:

  1. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman to receive a modern medical degree in the United States
  2. Rebecca Lukens, The First Female Industrialist Leader in US History
  3. Rebecca Nurse, Accused of being a Salem Witch
  4. Rebecca Peterman, Union Soldier During the War Between the States
  5. Rebecca Romijn, Actress and Model
  6. Rebecca Schaeffer,Actress who is better remembered for being murdered
  7. Rebecca Skloot, author who brought the story of Henrietta Lacks to the mainstream light

Rosa\ Rose etc:

  1. Rosa Carmichael, the witch governess of the Gettysburg Orphanage
  2. Rosalia Lombardo, Famous Child Mummy
  3. Rosalind Brewer, first female and first African American COO of Starbucks
  4. Rosalind Franklin,controversy remains over who the true discoverer of DNA was, was it her?
  5. Rosalyn Yalow, Medical Physicist
  6. Rosalynn Carter,First Lady of the United States during her husband Jimmy Carter's Term
  7. Rosana Chouteau, The First Female Chief of the Osage Beaver Band
  8. Rose Michtom, Co-Inventor of the Teddy Bear
  9. Rose Mofford, The First Female Governor of Arizona
  10. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Confederate Spy During the War Between the States
  11. Rose Valland, the Monument's Woman
  12. Roseanna McCoy, her story is worse than Romeo and Juliet
  13. Rosemary Kennedy, her sister Eunice created the Special Olympics in her honor
  14. Roza Shanina, Soviet Sniper With 59 Confirmed Kills

Sara/Sarah:

  1. Ariadna Scriabina, World War II Resistance Fighter
  2. Madam CJ Walker, The First Female Self-made Millionaire in United States History
  3. Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx
  4. Sarah Anzick, Molecular Biologist
  5. Sarah Bowman, Camp Follower During the Mexican/American War
  6. Sarah Bush Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Beloved Stepmother
  7. Private Sarah Edmonds Seelye, The Only Woman to Receive a Soldier's Pension for Her Participation During the War Between the States
  8. Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, Abraham Lincoln's Beloved Sister
  9. Sarah T Hughes, Federal Judge Who Swore in President LBJ
  10. Sarah Morgan Dawson, Author of A Confederate Girl's Diary
  11. Sarah "Sally" McCoy, Matriarch of the McCoy Faction During the Hatfield v McCoy Affair
  12. Sarah Palin, Former Governor of Alaska
  13. Sarah Parcak, Archaeologist Who Uses Satellite Technology to Great Effect
  14. Sarah Polk, Former First Lady of the United States
  15. Sarah Shelton Henry, Patrick Henry's First Wife
  16. Sarah Thomas, The First Woman to Officiate Multiple NFL Games
  17. Sarah Winchester, Folk Figure and Mastermind Behind the Winchester Mystery House
  18. Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Northern Paiute Activist

William:

  1. Flight Lieutenant Bill Goldfinch, Organized a Famous Escape Attempt from a Nazi Prison
  2. Wilhelm Krützfeld, the New Synagogue Thanks you
  3. Willem Arondeus, Gay, resistance fighter, artist, need I say more?
  4. William Alden Smith, the US Senator who oversaw the RMS TitanicSenate Inquiry into the disaster
  5. William Carter, RMS TitanicSurvivor
  6. William Cody, otherwise known as Buffalo Bill
  7. William Coutts Jr, RMS TitanicSurvivor
  8. William Ellison, Well there went the narrative
  9. William Moulton Marston, original creator of Wonder Woman
  10. William Petrie, Egyptologist and expert on Bog Bodies
  11. William L Rathje,his life's work was called The Garbage Project--yes really
  12. Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming, She Literally Helped "Rewrite the Stars"
  13. Willie Mallory, Protective Mother and Figure in the Fight Against Eugenics

292) Sarah Palin

Courtesy of Wikipedia

292: Sarah Palin

Former Governor of Alaska

Born: 11 February 1964, Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America

Sarah is also a politician, commentator, author, and television personality.

She was the first woman to appear on the Republican Presidential Ticket in the United States after being selected by John McCain as his vice-presidential candidate in the 2008 election cycle.

Sarah was the youngest governor in Alaska’s history and the first woman to serve in that capacity.

She has written several memoirs and appeared in two reality television programs about her family.

Unfortunately, news broke in 2019 that after thirty years of marriage, Sarah’s husband has filed for divorce.

Badges Earned:

Located In My Personal Library:

Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin

Whose Who in American History: Leaders, Visionaries, and Icons who Shaped Our Nation by John M Thompson, William R Gray, and KM Kostyal

Sources:

https://www.biography.com/political-figure/sarah-palin

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Heath-Palin

162) Private Sarah Edmonds Seelye

Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust

"I went to war with no other ambition than to nurse the sick and care for the wounded."

162) Sarah Edmonds

Union Soldier During the War Between the States

Born: December 1841, Magaguadavic, New Brunswick, Canada

Died: 5 September 1898, La Porte, Texas, United States of America

Also Known As: Franklin Thompson

Sarah had a rough childhood with her father resenting her because he wanted a boy. Sarah left home to escape her father and an arranged marriage—emigrating to the United States from her native Canada.

She moved to Connecticut and decided to pose as a man named Franklin Thompson to better hide from her father.

Sarah enlisted into Michigan’s 2nd Infantry in May of 1861. During the war she served as a hospital attendant, mail carrier, and possibly as a spy (though this has yet to be confirmed).

At the Battle of Williamsburg, she served as an actual fighter firing her gun but also as a stretcher bearer carrying wounded off the field.

She was wounded at the Second Battle of Manassas but managed to hang in there. In the spring of 1863, she contracted Malaria and deserted the army—fearing what would happen if she were discovered as female.

Sarah published a memoir of her experienced in 1864 and worked as a nurse (as her actual self-Sarah) for the rest of the war.

She married and had three children and in 1876 attended a reunion where her fellow soldiers greeted her warmly and agreed to help her get her desertion charge expunged and receive her military pension.

After an eight-year battle Congress approved her pension (making her the only woman to receive a veteran’s pension from the War Between the States) and expunged Franklin Thompson’s desertion charge.

In 1897 she was admitted into and became the only female member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Sarah's story was featured on an episode of Monumental Mysteries entitled "St. Urho, Mystery Castle, Bat Bombs".

Badges Earned:
Find a Grave Marked

Located in my Personal Library:

Legends & Lies: The Civil War by Bill O'Reilly and David Fisher

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott

They Fought Like Demons by DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M Cook

Uppity Women Speak Their Minds by Vicki León

Sources:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sarah-emma-edmonds

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6843300/sarah-emma-seelye

59) Sarah Parcak

Courtesy of Twitter

59) Sarah Parcak

She makes satellite technology look cool

Born: 1979, Bangor, Maine, United States of America

Archaeologist, Egyptologist and Professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Department of Anthropology.

Sarah holds her PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from Cambridge University. She is a National Geographic Society Research Fellow. Sarah and her husband worked together on the Surveys and Excavation Projects in Egypt. Sarah wrote the first textbook on satellite archaeology and that skill is what she is typically shown doing in Documentaries on various subjects.

Sources:

https://www.uab.edu/cas/anthropology/people/faculty-directory/122-sara-h-parcak

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/space-archaeologist-sarah-parcak-winner-smithsonians-history-ingenuity-award-180961120/

32) Madam CJ Walker

Courtesy of Wikipedia

32) Madam CJ Walker

Why Are We Not Even Considering Her to be On Our New $20 Bill?

Born: 23 December 1867, Delta, Louisiana, United States of America

Died: 25 May 1919, Irvington, New York, United States of America

Original Name: Sarah Breedlove.

Entrepreneur and businesswoman who overcame impossible odds to be the first self-made female millionaire in the United States (And should therefore be on the $20 bill and not Harriet Tubman but what do I know?!).

In 1905 she invented her own line of hair-care products aimed towards African American women. Sarah opened her own factory in 1908 and by 1910 her profits were well in the millions by today’s currency.

She is also remembered for hiring “Walker Agents” (Think African American Avon Ladies—but better). Her daughter A’Lelia also worked in the company.

Sarah became a philanthropist for several communities to better the lives of African Americans throughout the United States and was a prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance.

She was the first member of her family to be born free—the fifth child to recently freed slaves but she became an orphan at the age of seven. When she was fourteen Sarah married and gave birth to a daughter—A’Lelia—to escape her oppressive home life.

Her husband died two years later so Sarah and A’Lelia made their way to St. Louis to be near Sarah’s brothers. While there Sarah was able to send A’Lelia to school and attend night classes of her own—she also met her second husband Charles there.

Sarah died from hypertension at the age of fifty-one.

Her home would become a national historic landmark in 1976.

In 2020, Netflix announced a limited series based on Madam CJ's Walker's life. Entitled "Self Made", the show is set to premiere in March of 2020. The trailer for which is linked to the left. Sarah is played by Octavia Spencer.  I have also included a behind the scenes clip of the show, in which the actors and crew speak on the enduring legacy of Madam CJ.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Rejected Princess

Located In My Personal Library:

America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines by Gail Collins

On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker by A'Lelia Bundles

Tough Mothers by Jason Porath

Sources:

https://www.biography.com/inventor/madam-cj-walker

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18239/madam_c_j_-walker

23) Sarah “Sally” McCoy

Courtesy of WikiTree

23) Sarah “Sally” McCoy

Her pain is still gripping over one hundred years after the fighting ended

Born: 1829, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America

Died: 1890, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America

Sally was a mother of sixteen children and her husband was Old Randall; leader of the McCoy clan during the Hatfield v McCoy feud (and they were first cousins—Sarah’s maiden name was McCoy).

One of her daughters was Roseanna—doomed to carry Johnse Hatfield’s illegitimate child, Roseanna would name that child after her mother Sarah. Another of Sally's children was Alifair, who was murdered by the Hatfield Clan while attempting to put out her burning house. Sally was brutally beaten and suffered from several broken ribs and possibly a skull fracture in that attack.

Just like Levicy Hatfield, Sally’s husband Randall has a Wikipedia page but Sally herself does not. It is very difficult to trudge up any information about Sally, and her life story remains mostly elusive outside of the events of the feud.

If the History Channel miniseries is to be believed Sally had a hard life and an even harder time accepting the damage wrought to her family by the feud. The trailer is linked in this article.

A play was created in 2014 about her life story.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located in My Personal Library:

The Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys by Dean King

Sources:

https://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-McCoy/6000000006855416367

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McCoy-2631

https://lanemichaelstanley.com/sally-mccoy

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5089945/sarah-mccoy