Born: March 14, 1833 (Constable, New York)
Died: October 3, 1910 (Lawrence, Kansas)
Famous For/Known For:
First female to graduate dental school
A Little About Lucy Hobbs Taylor:
Born Lucy Beaman Hobbs Continue reading
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Born On This Day ~ February 25 ~Auguste Renoir
Born: February 25, 1841 (Limoges, France)
Died: December 3, 1919 (Cagnes-sur-Mer, France)
Famous For/Known For:
French artist
A Little About Auguste Renoir:
Born Pierre Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ February 20 ~ Angelina Grimké
Born: February 20, 1805 (Charleston, South Carolina)
Died: October 26, 1879 (Hyde Park, Boston Massachusetts)
Famous For/Known For:
Activist
A Little About Angelina Grimké:
Born to wealthy parents John Faucheraud and Mary (Smith) Grimké. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ February 14 ~ Frederick Douglass
Born: Celebrated February 14 (exact date and year are unknown)(Talbot County, Maryland
Died: February 20, 1895 (Washington, D.C.)
Famous For/Known For:
19th century greatest influential black leader
A Little About Frederick Douglass:
Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave woman in Maryland. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ February 10 ~ Jimmie Durante
Born: February 10, 1893 (Manhattan, New York City)
Died: January 29, 1980 (Santa Monica, California)
Famous For/Known For:
Popular comic who entertained on stage, radio and television.
A Little About Jimmie Durante:
Born James Francis Durante to parents Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ February 3 ~ Elizabeth Blackwell
Born: February 3, 1821 (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Died: May 31, 1910 (Hastings, United Kingdom)
Famous For/Known For:
First woman to graduate from medical school in the U.S.
A Little About Elizabeth Blackwell:
Born to Samuel Blackwell, a sugar refiner, and Hannah (Lane) Blackwell. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ January 15 ~ Mary MacKillop
Born: January 15, 1842 (Fitzroy, Australia)
Died: August 8, 1909 (North Sydney, Sydney, Australia)
Famous For/Known For:
Australian nun declared by the Catholic Church a Saint who went by the name St. Mary of the Cross. Continue reading
Born On This Day ~ January 11 ~ John A Macdonald
January 11, 1815 (Merchant City, United Kingdom)
June 11, 1891 (Ottawa, Canada)
Famous For/Known For:
Former Prime Minister of Canada
A Little About John A Macdonald:
Born to parents Hugh and Helen Macdonald. Father bought a chain of businesses and moved the family to Kingston Upper Continue reading
