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Katharine Wright - 1874-1929:Younger sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright, in addition to being the right hand to the two...
03/16/2024

Katharine Wright - 1874-1929:
Younger sister of Wilbur and Orville Wright, in addition to being the right hand to the two brothers, she was a teacher and a very active suffragist.

While in Europe with her brothers Katharine took 3 flights; becoming one of the first women to ride in an airplane. In recognition of her importance to the Wright family team, the French government honored her as an Officier de l’Instruction Publique –one of France's highest academic distinctions. She served briefly on the Board of the Wright Company until the business was sold in 1915.

She was one of three women to have served on the Oberlin College board of trustees at the time.

For years historians and biographers of the Wright Brothers ignored or downplayed Katharine's role as a member of the family team. With the surge of interest in women's history, and discovery of previously unknown letters and other documents, did she has come to be recognized as both Wilbur and Orville's unsung partner and a significant figure in the women's movement.

Joy Adamson - 1910-1980:A naturalist, author, and artist, Adamson's book, "Born Free", describing her experiences raisin...
03/15/2024

Joy Adamson - 1910-1980:
A naturalist, author, and artist, Adamson's book, "Born Free", describing her experiences raising an orphan lion cub, Elsa, was made into an Academy Award winning movie of the same name.

Adamson was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art in1977.

She is best known for her conservation efforts associated with Elsa. In in the course of his job as a game warden in Kenya, her husband, George, killed a lioness as she charged him and another warden. After realizing the lioness was just protecting her cubs, which were found nearby. After taking them home, the Adamsons found it difficult to care for all the cubs' needs. The two largest cubs, named "Big One" and "Lustica", were transferred to a zoo in Rotterdam, and the smallest, "Elsa", was raised by the couple.

After a period of time, the Adamsons decided to set Elsa free rather than send her to a zoo. They spent months training her to hunt and survive on her own. They were successful in these endeavors and Elsa became the first lioness successfully released back into the wild, the first to have contact after release, and the first known released lion to have a litter of cubs.

Margarethe Schurz - 1833-1876:German-American woman who opened the first German-language kindergarten in the United Stat...
03/14/2024

Margarethe Schurz - 1833-1876:
German-American woman who opened the first German-language kindergarten in the United States at Watertown, Wisconsin.

As a child we often made trips to Watertown, WI as my maternal great grandparents lived there. I remember making visits to the Octagon House and the building where the first US kindergarten was housed. The one room schoolhouse that originally housed the kindergarten was spared from demolition and moved to the grounds of the Octagon House.

Margarethe started a kindergarten in her home for her daughter and four cousins, conducting classes in German. When other people wanted to provide their children with the same opportunities, she expanded and moved her kindergarten to a small building in town. She operated her kindergarten until 1858 when her family moved to Milwaukee.

The kindergarten continued after her departure until the first World War when it closed due to suspicion of all things German. This also resonates with me as my mother's paternal grandfather was a Lutheran pastor and held services in his native German until the forced him to discontinue preaching in German.

Lady Godiva She is mainly remembered for a legend dating back to rhe 13th century, in which she rode naked – covered onl...
03/13/2024

Lady Godiva

She is mainly remembered for a legend dating back to rhe 13th century, in which she rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband, Leofric, imposed on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a vo**ur originates from later versions of this legend, in which a man named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind or dead.

Despite its considerable age, it is not regarded as plausible by modern historians, nor is it mentioned in the two centuries after Godiva's death, whereas her generous donations to the church receive various mentions.

Dorothy Draper - 1889-1969:In 1925, Draper started Architectural Clearing House which was "arguably the first official i...
03/12/2024

Dorothy Draper - 1889-1969:
In 1925, Draper started Architectural Clearing House which was "arguably the first official interior design business."

One of Dorothy Draper's most famous designs was The Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. She also was hired by Packard to harmonize the colors and fabrics of their automobile interiors. Her designs were incorporated in homes, hotels, restaurants, theaters, and department stores.

Draper's style became known as "Modern Baroque," adding a modern flair to a classical style. Her style was the opposite of minimalist, using dramatic interior color schemes, and trademark cabbage-rose chintz. She believed that "Lovely, clear colors have a vital effect on our mental happiness." She combined different colors, fabrics, and patterns together, combining stripes with floral patterns.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1797-1851:Novelist best known for writing "Frankenstein" at the age of 19. It is often tho...
03/12/2024

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1797-1851:
Novelist best known for writing "Frankenstein" at the age of 19. It is often thought to be the first science fiction work.

Shelley was a political radical throughout her life, arguing that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practiced by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view was a direct challenge to the individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by her husband, Percy Shelley, and the Enlightenment political theories articulated by her father, William Godwin.

Shelley's personal life was quite scandalous for the time.

Billie Holiday - 1915-1959:An American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day", she made a significant contrib...
03/09/2024

Billie Holiday - 1915-1959:
An American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day", she made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her unique vocal style was influenced by jazz instrumentalists and inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.

While working scrubbing the steps of a brothel, she heard the music of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith, two of the inspirations for her vocal style.

Traveling with the bands, she was often required to sit on the bus until her number came up due to the segregation of the time. Her bandmates always treated her well.

Billie had a turbulent life, including being r***d as a young girl, a jail sentence and drug addiction. She wrote her autobiography, "Lady Sings the Blues" in addition to a song she wrote for her mother, "God Bless the Child".

Mary Hobart - 1851-1930:A physician at the turn of the century, she specialized in obstetrics and was known for her inde...
03/08/2024

Mary Hobart - 1851-1930:

A physician at the turn of the century, she specialized in obstetrics and was known for her independence and resourcefulness. Her career had parallels with that of her great-great-grandmother, Martha Ballard.

She chose to remain single her entire life so she could support herself and live independently.

Martha Ballard - 1735-1812:American midwife and healer, Ballard kept a diary with thousands of entries over nearly three...
03/07/2024

Martha Ballard - 1735-1812:

American midwife and healer, Ballard kept a diary with thousands of entries over nearly three decades providing historians with insight into frontier-women's lives.

Her uncle and brother-in-law were both physicians. Her sister's granddaughter, Clara Barton, founded the Red Cross and Ballard's great-great-granddaughter, Mary Hobart, was one of the first female US physicians to graduate from the New York Infirmary for Women and Children in 1884.

Ballard never received formal medical training, her expertise was built upon life experiences. In addition to being present at over 1,000 birth, she was often called upon to observe autopsies and took testimony from u***d mothers to be used in paternity suits.

"The Frozen River", by Ariel Lawhon was published in 2023 and was based upon and included some of Ballard's diary entries.

Mabel Stark - 1889-1968:Renowned tiger trainer of the 1920s, one of the world's first women tiger trainers/tamers.Althou...
03/06/2024

Mabel Stark - 1889-1968:

Renowned tiger trainer of the 1920s, one of the world's first women tiger trainers/tamers.

Although her history is hard to trace, Mabel was a nurse in Louisville prior to "running away to join the circus." Prior to her work with the big cats, Mable was a dancer, a horseback rider, and rode a lion in one of her acts.

In 1916 she was mauled by a tiger named Louie. She was treated for a mangled and broken arm.

She performed with several circuses, the most well known of which was Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and performed at Madison Square Garden while part of their show.

Sadly, Mabel took her own life in 1968.

A fictionalized account of her life, "The Final Confession of Mabel Stark" was published in 2017.
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The Everleigh SistersAda - 1864-1960Minna - 1866-1948Owners of a high class brothel in Chicago, The Everleigh Club, from...
03/05/2024

The Everleigh Sisters
Ada - 1864-1960
Minna - 1866-1948

Owners of a high class brothel in Chicago, The Everleigh Club, from 1900 to 1911. In 1905, a rival madam accused the sisters of the murder of Marshall Field Jr., son of department store founder Marshall Field.

When the Everleigh Club was shut down in 1911 the sister retired with over $1 million.

For more information on the Everleigh Sisters and Chicago's wicked past, check out the book, "Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul" by Karen Abbott.

Carole Kay - 1935 - presentOne of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estima...
03/04/2024

Carole Kay - 1935 - present

One of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years. As one of the most in demand session players of the 1960's, she worked for producers Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. During the peak of her years of session work, she became part of a stable of Los Angeles–based musicians which became known as "The Wrecking Crew".

The Amazon hit series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" paid homage to Kaye and her career with the character of Carole Keen. However, the character was nothing like Carole at all.

Paul McCartney credited Carole with inspiring his bass playing on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

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