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OCTOBER BIRTHDATE CALENDAR1 JULIE ANDREWS-1935-SINGER, ACTRESS, SOCIAL ACTIVIST FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
ANNIE BESANT (1847-1933) SOCIAL REFORMER, THEOSOPHIST, INDIAN INDEPENDENCE LEADER
STELLA STEVENS-1936-ACTRESS
FAITH BALDWIN (1893-1978)-NOVELIST
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3 JOSEPHINE "MAMA JO" RILEY MATTHEWS-1897-FAMED MIDWIFE IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA, HAS DELIVERED THOUSANDS OF BABIES.
ANGELES ALVARINO DeLEIRA-1916-BIOLOGIST, OCEANOGRAPHER, WRITER
GERTRUGE BERG (1899-1966) COMEDIC ACTRESS
4 HATTIE McDANIEL (1895-1952) ACTRESS. FIRST BLACK TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD.
PATTI LaBELLE-1944-SINGER
5 GLYNIS JOHNS-1923-ACTRESS
YVONNE BRAITWAITE BURKE-1932-LAWYER, CONGRESSWOMAN, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
AUTHERINE LUCY-1929-FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ENROLL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT TUSCALOOSA, BREAKING COLOR BARRIER
6 GLORIA LANE-1932-EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AUTHOR. FOUNDER, WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND LIVING LEGACY AWARDS
ANNE BASHKIROFF-ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ACTIVIST-LLA 1987
SHANA ALEXANDER-1925-JOURNALIST, AUTHOR
JANET GAYNOR-1906-ACTRESS
STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST-1956-ACTRESS
7 JUNE ALLYSON-1923-ACTRESS
SPRING BYINGTON (1893-1971) ACTRESS
8 SIGOURNEY WEAVER-1949-ACTRESS
9 AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON (1890-1944) RELIGIOUS LEADER. MOST FAMOUS EVANGELIST OF HER DAY. FOUNDED INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, BUILT ANGELUS TEMPLE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
HARRIET HOSMER (1830-1908) SCULPTOR
HELENE DEUTSCH [Nee ROSENBACH] (1884-?) PSYCHOANALYST. GRANDE DAME OF BOSTON PSYCHOANALYSTS.
10 HELEN HAYES-1900-ACTRESS-"FIRST LADY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER", HUMANITAIAN, LLA, 1985
PRICILLA L. WILLIAMS (1897-1987) SOCIAL ACTIVIST, HUMANITARIAN
TANYA TUCKER-1958-SINGER
11 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962) WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST-"FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD". UN DELGATE, CHAIR COMMISSION ON HUMAN TIGHTS. TRIBUTE TO GREATNESS, LLA, 1986.
12 JEAN NIDETCH-1923-NUTRITIONIST. FOUNDED "WEIGHT WATCHERS"
13 LADY JANE GREY (1537-1554) QUEEN OF ENGLAND FOR 9 DAYS
LARAINE DAY-1920-ACTRESS
14 HANNAH ARENDT (1906-1975) POLITICAL SCIENTIST, PHILOSOPHER, WRITER
LILLIAN GISH (1896-?) EARLY FILM ACTRESS
15 HELEN HUNT JACKSON (1830-85) NOVELIST, POET, ESSAYIST. INDIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
16 SARAH WINNEMUCCA (c. 1844-DIED THIS DATE, 1891) INDIAN SCOUT
ANGELA LANSBURY-1925-ACTRESS
LORRAINE SWEENY-1925-COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST. BD. MEM. WIC
SUZANNE SOMERS-1946-ACTRESS, ENTERTAINER
17 MILDRED KNOPF-1898-1991 CIVIC CONTRIBUTOR, COOKBOOK WRITER. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990=presented by ANGELA LANSBURY
RITA HAYWORTH (1918-1987) ACTRESS, DANCER, SINGER
JEAN ARTHUR-1905-ACTRESS
PRICILLA LANFORD BUCKLY-1921-EDITOR, COLUMNIST-NATIONAL REVIEW
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MELINA MERCOURI-1925-ACTRESS, FORMER GREEK CULTURAL MINISTER, ILA-LLA 1991
FANNIE HURST (1889-1968)-NOVELIST
ISABEL E. ALLEN-1948-BIOSTATICIAN
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ANNIE S. PECK (1850-1935) MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, EXPLORER AND DIPLOMAT
JOHNETTA BETSCH COLE-1936-EDUCATOR. PRESIDENT, SPELLMAN COLLEGE,
GEORGIA MONTGOMERY DAVIS POWERS-POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO KENTUCKY SENATE
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ARLENE FRANCIS-1908-ACTRESS, TELEVISION PERSONALITY
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RAMABAI DONGRE' MEDHAVI (1858-1922) SOCIAL REFORMER. SAVED THOUSANDS OF SONLESS WIDOWS IN INDIA.
URSULA LeGUIN-1929-WRITER
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HENRIETTE WYETH-1907-ARTIST. OFTEN CALLED "FIRST LADY OF AMERICAN ART". LLA 1990=PRESENTED BY HELEN HAYES
SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923) CLASSIC ACTRESS
JOAN FONTAINE-1917-ACTRESS
CATHERINE DENEUVE-1943-ACTRESS, MODEL
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GERTRUDE EDERLE-1906-FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
SARAH HALE (1788-1879) RELIGIOUS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE. FOUNDED SEAMAN'S AID SOCIETY OF BOSTON, 1833.
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BELVA BENNETT LOCKWOOD (1830-1917) ATTORNEY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CRUSADER. CAUSED US CONGRESS TO ALLOW WOMEN ATTORNEYS TO PLEAD BEFORE US SUPREME COURT. FIRST WOMAN TO DO SO. CAUSED EQUAL PAY TO WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT.
25 HELEN REDDY-1941-SINGER, SONGWRITER-"I AM WOMAN"
MINNIE PEARL-1912-COMEDIENNE
MARION ROSS-1928-ACTRESS
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GEORGETTE AMOWITZ-1929-CHOREOGRAPHER, EDUCATOR
JACLYN SMITH-1948-ACTRESS
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MARLENE DIETRICH-1901-ACTRESS, ENTERTAINER
NANETTE FABRAY-1920-SINGER, ACTRESS, ADVOCATE F0R THE DEAF
RUBY DEE-1927-ACTRESS, DANCER
THERESA WRIGHT-1918-ACTRESS
28 JANE ALEXANDER-1939-ACTRESS, PRODUCER, WRITER, PEACE ACTIVIST. JEHAN SADAT PEACE AWARD, LIVING LEGACY AWARDS, 1988
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FANNY BRICE (1891-1951) SINGER, COMEDIENNE, RADIO STAR IN THE 30'S
MAHALIA JACKSON (1911-1964) FAMED GOSPEL SINGER
KATE JACKSON-1948-ACTRESS
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RUTH GORDON (1896-1988) ACTRESS, AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER
RUTH HUSSEY-1917-ACTRESS
GRACE SLICK-1939-ACTRESS
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JULIETTE GORDON LOW (1860-1927) ACTIVIST. FOUNDER, GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA
JANE PAULEY-1950-TELEVISION JOURNALIST
BARBARA BEL GEDDES-1922-ACTRESS
DALE EVANS-1912-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN
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