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Jean Margaret Davenport (May 3, 1829, Wolverhampton, England – August 3, 1903, Washington, DC), later Mrs. Frederick William Lander, was an English actress with a career in both England and the United States. Jean Margaret Davenport was born May 3, 1829, in Wolverhampton, England. Her father was a lawyer, but he left the bar for the stage and became the manager of the Richmond Theatre in the London borough of Richmond …Read More.. The first women who fought for their civil and legal rights were not a unique breed. Many were wives and mothers like most other females in the mid-ninete*nth century. However, they must have developed a strong sense of self and some support from their husbands, for they found time in their busy lives to protest against the confining space that society had as*igned them: women's sphere. Agnes Maxwell was born sometime in 1833, daughter of the customs collector for the port of New York City. Her affair with Philip Kearny, who was nearly twice her age, caused quite a scandal in both Paris and New York City. Agnes broke all societal customs by living Philip Kearny (pronounced CAR-nee) was born June 1, 1815 in New York City, the only child …Read More.. General John Reynolds (left center, between two trees) and the 2nd Wisconsin at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Soldiers of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Iron Brigade, charge to relieve General John Buford's cavalrymen at McPherson's Ridge. Civil CategoriesSelect CategoryAbolitionists  (20)Activists  (14)African Americans  (38)Antietam  (3)Authors  (37)Businesswomen  (8)Civil War Art  (6)Civil War Cities  (5)Civil War Hospitals  (4)Civil War Love Stories  (4)Civil War Nurses  (71)Civil War Places  (2)Civil War Spies  (21)Civil War Women  (33)Civil War Women Working  (9)Diaries and Letters  (21)Educators  (27)Famous Children  (7)Famous Firsts  (57)Famous Wives  (28)Female Soldiers  (18)Feminists  (27)First Ladies  (10)Generals