1200: Zina D H Young Third General President of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Born: 31 January 1821, Watertown, New York, United States of America Died: 28 August 1901, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America “Sisters, it is for us to be wide awake to our…
1178: Hudā Shaʿrāwī Founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union Born: 23 June 1879, Al-Minyā, Egypt Died: 12 December 1947, Cairo, Egypt Also Spelled: Huda Sharawi or Huda Shaarawi Huda was an Egyptian Nationalist and is recognized by many as the founder of Egypt’s women’s movement. Huda spoke French, Turkish, and Arabic. Being born into a…
1167: Nellie Tayloe Ross The First Female Governor to be Inaugurated in the United States Born: 29 November 1876, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States of America Died: 19 December 1977, Washington DC, United States of America Nellie was the fourteenth governor of Wyoming (and obviously the first woman to serve in such a capacity). She…
1164: Elizabeth Tabor One of The Most Dramatic Rags to Riches Then Back to Rags Story Born: 1854 (Exact date is in dispute), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America Died: 5 March 1935, Leadville, Colorado, United States of America Also Known As: Baby Doe Tabor or The Silver Queen of Colorado Elizabeth was born fifth…
1147: Anna Ella Carroll The First (Unofficial) Female Cabinet Member of a US President Born: 29 August 1815, Maryland, United States of America Died: 19 February 1894, Washington DC, United States of America Anna was a woman of many talents and roles throughout her life, and her familial connections made her as close to American…
“I contemplated for a while the manner in which I might best serve the people of color. As wealth was not mine, I saw no other means of benefiting them, than by imparting to those of my own sex that were anxious to learn, all the instruction I might be able to give, however small…
“I do not believe there was any community anywhere in which the souls of some women were not beating their wings in rebellion. . . Every fiber of my being rebelled, although silently, for all the hours that I sat and sewed gloves for a miserable pittance which, after it was earned, could never be…
1101: Maria Montessori Creator of the Montessori Learning Technique Born: 31 August 1870, Chiaraville, Italy Died: 6 May 1952, Noordwijk, Netherlands Maria was a Pioneer in Scientific Pedagogy. She was an educator, physician, and innovator who opened her first school in Rome in 1906. There are thousands of Montessori schools located in countries around the…
1097: Simone Veil It Takes a Special Person to Become an Immortal Born: 13 July 1927, Nice, France Died: 30 June 2017, Paris, France Simone was a lawyer, magistrate, and politician. She also became a champion of women’s rights (today, she is most remembered in France for pushing through and succeeding in seeing abortion legalized…
1089: Helen Dortch Longstreet Wife of Confederate General James Longstreet Born: 20 April 1863, Carnesville, Georgia, United States of America Died: 3 May 1962, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States of America Helen and James married when she was thirty-four and he seventy-six. This was only one of the many reasons for why Helen would earn the…