Kathleen McArthur
Wildflower enthusiast and environmental activist
Wildflower enthusiast and environmental activist
Irish Australian poet who shone a light on colonial violence
Annie Hall Strong’s life showed how Seattle became the gateway city to Alaska during the gold rush.
American author who wrote fiction and children’s books
Elizabeth Hedge Webster (1822-1897) was a supporter of women’s suffrage and the author of Clover Blossoms, a book of essays and short pieces, published in 1880.
1700s Irish poet, hostess, and patron of the arts
Sisters Helen S. Rush (1900-1985) and Mary Sherkanowski (1902-1987) ran a boarding house at 22 Monument Square in Boston. They wrote about their adventures in the 1952 book “Rooms to Let”.
Patriot of the American Revolution
Ann Cotton wrote one of the earliest personal accounts of Bacon’s Rebellion (1676–1677).
Anna Maria Mead Chalmers authored numerous children’s books in the 1830s, later wrote short works of fiction and devotion, and contributed to the Boston Home Journal, the New York Churchman, the New York Tribune, and the Southern Literary Messenger.