September 22

This Day in Women's History

1139: Empress Matilda landed in England to claim the throne, usurped by her cousin Stephen though her father, Henry I, named her his heir

1515: Anne of Cleves born (fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England)

1531: Louise of Savoy died, after catching a chill while observing a comet

1692: Martha Corey died in Salem, Massachusetts

1701: Anna Magdalena Bach born (musician, wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach)

1829: Emeline Horton Cleveland born (physician, educator)

1830: Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor born (socialite)

1830: Mary Clement Leavitt born (reformer: temperance, WCTU; missionary)

1880: Christabel Pankhurst born (suffrage leader, preacher)

Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop.

Jone Johnson Lewis
Women's History Guide