“From that time on, (May 1943), all mothers gave birth at the concentration camp’s hospital. Some mothers were sent to the crematorium together with their infants immediately after they gave birth. The vision of those women each carrying her child wrapped in paper, sometimes on a winter day, to the place of execution, was terrible.” 682: Stanisława Leszczyńska…
681: Cora the Witch Legend behind the Cora Tree on Hatteras Island in North Carolina Birth and Death Dates Unknown, As Are Locations Reportedly, Cora showed up one day and started living in a little hut not far from the Cora Tree. She lived alone except for this baby she took with her everywhere. Pretty…
680: Ellen Craft Escaped Slave Who Traveled With Her Husband to Freedom Born: 1826, Clinton, Georgia, United States of America Died: 1891, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America When she married her husband, they had different owners—meaning they could not live together or build a home as a free couple would. Ellen and William…
679: Hattie Lewis Lawton Pinkerton Detective Born: c.1837 Died: after 1862 The majority of Hattie’s life is shrouded in mystery. What is known is that she was a part of the Female Detective Bureau that Pinkerton formed in 1860 alongside Kate Warne. Hattie and Kate were both widows at the time, with Hattie being the…
“I loved him so much, I wanted him all to myself. But since we were not husband and wife, as long as he lived he could be embraced by other women. I knew that if I killed him no other woman could ever touch him again, so I killed him…” 678: Sada Abe Well That’s…
677: Lulu White Entrepreneur and Madam Born: 1868, Alabama, United States of America Died: c.1931 Also Known As: Lulu Hendley, Diamond Queen, or Notorious Negress–yes really Lulu described herself as an octoroon. Though most are not familiar with the word today, in America’s not-so-distant-past, this word was used to refer to a person who had…
676: Hannah Duston Hannah’s Story is Tragic For Both Sides Born: 23 December 1657, Haverhill, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: 1736, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America) Hannah was kidnapped by the Abenaki Native American Tribe (most likely). However, her story is debated on…
“When we women, too, have weapons and training, we will be able to prove to all men that we have hands and feet and hearts like yours.” 675: Veronica Franco Poet and Courtesan Born: 1546, Venice, The Venitian Republic (Present-day Venice, Italy) Died: 1591, Venice, The Venitian Republic (Present-day Venice, Italy) Veronica’s mother was a…
674: Phryne Greek Prostitute who was Put on Trial and Won Her Suit by Flashing Her Breasts to the Crowd Born: c.371 BC, Thespiae, Boeotia, (Near Present-day Thespies, Greece) Died: 310 BC, Athens (Present-day Athens, Greece) Original Name: Mnesarete Her lawyer argued that a woman sculpted so perfectly had to be done so by the…
“I can’t say the brassiere will ever take as great a place in history as the steamboat, but I did invent it.” 673: Caresse Crosby The First Person to Patent the Modern Brassiere Born: 20 April 1891, New Rochelle, New York, United States of America Died: 24 January 1970, Rome, Italy Original Name: Mary Phelps…