263: Billie Holiday Jazz Musician Remembered For Her Powerful and Soulful Voice Born: 7 April 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: 17 July 1959, New York City, New York, United States of America Original Name: Eleanora Fagan Gough She began by singing in clubs around Harlem, and though Billie never learned how to…
262: Elizabeth Proctor Richards Accused of being a Salem Witch Alongside her Husband John Born: c. 1652, Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: after 1711 Elizabeth was also the granddaughter of another woman who had been tried and then acquitted of witchcraft thirty years before, and in a place…
261: Maybelle Carter Known as Mother Maybelle, She is Called the Mother of Country Music Born: 10 May 1909, Nickelsville, Virginia, United States of America Died: 23 October 1978, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America Maybelle performed in several groups, all containing members of her family. At first Maybelle performed with her cousin Sara and…
260: Abigail Williams One of the Initial Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials Born: 12 July 1680, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: after 1697 Not much is known about Abigail’s life before or after the trials, which took place between 1692 and 1693. She and her cousin Betty…
259: Coco Chanel Fashion Designer Born: 19 August 1883, Saumur, France Died: 10 January 1971, Paris, France Original Name: Gabrielle Chanel She was also a savvy businesswoman who spent the majority of World War II dating a Nazi and might have shared intelligence with him while living in Paris. Coco learned how to sew in…
258: Laura Ingalls Wilder Author of the Little House book series Born: 7 February 1867, Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America Died: 10 February 1957, Mansfield, Missouri, United States of America The Little House series are an autobiographical venture that would go on to be the basis of the wildly popular Little House on the…
257: Anne Brontë Author Known for Being One of the Brontë Sisters Born: 17 January 1820, Thornton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Died: 28 May 1849, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Originally Published Under the Name: Acton Bell Anne was a poet and novelist alongside two of her sisters (Charlotte and Emily) and would contribute twenty-one…
256: Emily Brontë Author known for her novel Wuthering Heights Born: 30 July 1818, Thornton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Died: 19 December 1848, Haworth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Original Name She Published Under: Ellis Ball She was one of the three famous Brontë sisters (with Charlotte and Anne being the other two). Her only novel…
255: Charlotte Brontë Author Most Known for Writing Jane Eyre Born: 21 April 1816, Thornton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Died: 31 March 1855, Haworth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Original Name She Published Under: Currer Bell She also wrote Shirley and Villette. Charlotte worked for a time as a teacher before publishing her works. She and…
254: Harriet Beecher Stowe Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin—the Historical Fiction Novel That Led President Lincoln to Allegedly Remark to Her That She was the Lady Who Launched the War Between the States Born: 14 June 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America Died: 1 July 1896, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America Harriet was…