Odd Jobs

Some people are hard to categorise!

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Anne Lee, British founder of the Shakers in America, born 29th February 1736

Jemima Wilkinson, American Preacher, born 29th November 1752

Grace Darling, Lighthouse keeper's daughter, born 24th November 1815

Helena Blavatsky, Russian Theosophist, born 12th August 1831

Ida Lewis, American Lighthouse Keeper, born 25th February 1842
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Martha Jane Canary, Frontierswoman (Calamity Jane), born 1st May 1852
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Annie Oakley, American Sharpshooter, born 13th August 1860

Gertrude Bell, British Archaeologist and Spy, born 14th July 1868
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Alexandra Kollontai, Russian Ambassador to Norway, born 31st March 1872

Alice Brown Davis, First female Native American Chief, born 10th September 1852
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Angela Forbes, original Forces Sweetheart, born 11th June 1876

Sadie Bonnell, British WW1 Ambulance Driver, born 4th June 1888

Caresse Crosby, American patron of the arts, born 20th April 1891

Elizebeth Friedman, American Cryptanalyst, born 26th August 1892

Dorothy Wilde, Anglo Irish Bon Vivant, born 11th July 1895

Helen Creighton, Canadian Folklorist, born 5th September 1899
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Brooke Astor, American Socialite & Philanthropist, born 30th March 1902

Bea Miles, Australian Writer and Eccentric, born 17th September 1902

Phyllis Pearsall, created the A-Z of London, born 25th September 1906

Marguerite Fawdry, British Museum Curator & Author, born 14th May 1912

Begum Shaista Ikramullah, Pakistani Diplomat, born 22nd July 1915

Peggy Braithwaite, British Lighthouse Keeper, born 9th July 1919

Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador to France, born 20th March 1920