Women Suffer and Rise From Adversity in History
A detailed memoir style list traces how women from Clara Morris to Maria Mitchell and George Sand rose from poverty to prominence. It contrasts self made heroines across arts and sciences, noting barriers, education, and perseverance shaping their paths to fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Fale
Ciem Haye
Samurville
Husdang
Hindex
Hersell
Morgan
Barnatormier
Ireland
Miss
Cary Sisters
Mra
Lydia Sigourney
Poeters
Grace Greenwood
Ella Wheeler
Ela Wheeler
Frank Leslie
Ella Tas
England
George VT
Frances Burney
Mira Mchey
Indy
Elizabeth Blackwell
Medical Collinen
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Slip
Medical College
Geneva
Mme
Dudevant
George Sand
Paris
Cabme
Marshal Saxe
Anfrlice Kauffman
Elizabeth Homption
Patti
Grace Darling
Ida Lewis
Aasistante
Eanne d'Arc
Theodora
Madame Dé Maintenon
Cyprus
Justinian L
Dame de Maintenon
Bis
It Was a Fine Show In Idaho And A Sad Comic Tale
A San Francisco Chronicle anecdote recalls Max Taubles in hard times in Idaho. A second story from a Democratic paper portrays Sis Maria and Aunt Jinny in a rough Mississippi/Caribbean styled community, with church, romance, and a misused laundry scene ending in embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Max
Taubles
Idaho
Kyhoga
Egypt
Antony
Cleopaten
Jigny
Sis Maria
Aunt Tinpy
Jinny
Saucy Tobin
Basit
Episcopal Church
Tarael
John
Wesley
Squire Dawson
Dinny
Rachel
Lizion
Maria Orter
Marinix
Enatis
Mt. Dora
Brown's farm and underdrainage gain high praise
A farm near Iowa City in Johnson County shows thriving stock with short horns, Holsteins, Ayrshires, Jerseys, and Clydesdale horses. Mr Brown expanded from a poor start to 600 acres with deep, efficient underdrainage feeding water to troughs, improving grass and stock. He sold several young horses at good prices and plans further diversification, praising drainage as a model for neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciara Morris
Wana Cook
Cleveland
Clara
John Ellsler
Gara
Clara Morris
Lucy Larcom
Maud Granger
Tibiing News
Ing Machine
Sarah Bernhardt
Matilda Heron
Adelaide Neilson
Hamilton O
Miss Braddon
Acteada
Sid
Jenny Lind
Sluoa Swed
Sadies
Rachel Hail Na
Ishe
Adela
Aid
Oh Louise Kellowe
Misa Kellogg
Eich
Eich Time Whe Retired, Not Discouraged, But To Davote Hettalt
Ramonia Lewis
Phisadeyis
Italy
Aly Jored
Roland
Anna Dickinson
Leura
Thie
John Drew
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Katren
Misa Pee Megh
Milbank
Ivan
London
Visonora
Aris
Ethyl
Dalorur
Amin
Johnson County
Iowa City
Jersey
Bidwin Brown
Srown Cme
Brick
Big Frove Township
Elis
Chesin
Brown
Rock Island
Scotland
Cottage Countess of Exeter and the Silent Village Marriage
Henry Cecil Earl of Exeter, under the assumed name Jones, married Sarah Hoguins in 1791 in Shropshire after disguising his birth and fleeing a prior unhappy marriage. The Cottage Countess, celebrated in Stamford memories, bore three children including Brownlow and Sophia, connected to the Exeter line and to the Wellington and Marnilan lineages. Her life inspired Tennyson and remains memorialized in art and verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cecil
Earl of Exeter
Sephew
Lord Burghley
Bolas
Vern
Shropshire
SiroRahirs
Jones
Thomas Hoguins
Sarah
Cecil
Art Celling
Burghley
Stamford
Brownlow
Exeter
Sophia
Thomina Lawrence
Henry Manvers Pieyrepont
Charles W Welledley
Duke of Wellington
Hee Higband
Longs
Marnilan
Thesarl
Delo
Hfty
Contessa Sarah
Tragmon
St Martin
Hamptonshire
Elley
Armory
Tennyson
Immortal Verse
Magazine of Art
Children’s Hospital Ward Echoes With Homeward Longing
A Boston Record observer recalls a ward scene at Children's Hospital where convalescents kneel for prayers as evening falls. A distant baby’s cry, “I want to go home,” moves staff and visitors, highlighting the ache of separation and the longing for mothers in the long winter twilight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Children’s Hospital
Bookani
Iagisi
Sphayers
Neema
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Orléans
Picayune
MBN
Elle Mendt
Desea
Noel Vasians
Celia Logan
Maia
Vail
Seavran
Ale
Rearvon
Shu
Duke of
Mine
Ain Ilegitimate
Louis XIV
Lewis
Sis Marta
Parson Johnson
Jin
Englind
Boston Herald
Convieta
Sturn
Ams
Aring
Amatour
Lone
C. McClellan
Marquis of
Queensbury
Michael Donovan
Marquis
Mr. Donovan
Mike
Donovan
Reniil
Madison Squire Garden
Tali
Charles Mitchell
Vouthtal Deminick McCattrey
Pittsburg
Mina
Lombardy
Fifth Avenue
New York Athletic Club
Wes
Hym
Fettle
Tom Brown
Willian
Oman
Livan
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