Yet another piece in our series First Names First! This time about Grace! Below is a chronological list of some of them. Pick one name and then follow the Wikipedia link to read about these women, and see what if anything they could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us – let them!
Grace Sherwood* (b White) farmer/ midwife//convicted of witchcraft – Pungo, Colony of Virginia (1660)
Grace Kamaikui* high chiefess - Kawaihae, Hawaii, Kingdom of Hawaii (1808)
Grace Darling* Victorian heroine - Bamburgh, Northumberland, England (1815)
Grace Aguilar* novelist/ poet/writer on Jewish history and religion – Hackney, London, England (1816)
Grace Bedell* at age 11, influenced Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard - Albion, NY USA (1848)
Grace Frankland* microbiologist - Wimbledon, England (1858)
Grace Vanderbilt* socialite - New York City, NY USA (1870)
Grace Alekhine* (b Wishaar) artist/chess master – Beverly, NJ USA (1876)
Grace Ingalls* schoolteacher/younger sister of Laura Ingalls - Burr Oak, IA USA (1877)
Grace Albee* printmaker/wood engraver - North Scituate, RI USA (1890)
Grace Wyndham Goldie* (b Nisbet) pioneering radio and television producer – Arisaid, Lochaber, Scotland (1900)
Grace Greenwood Ames* (b Greenwood) artist/ social realism muralist – Brooklyn, NY USA (1905)
Grace Hopper* computer scientist/Navy rear admiral - New York City, NY USA (1906)
Grace Mirabella* fashion journalist/editor-in-chief – Newark, NJ USA (1929)
Grace Kelly* actor/Princess of Monaco – Philadephia, PA USA (1929)
Grace Alele-Williams* professor of mathematics education – Warri, Delta State, Nigeria (1932)
Grace Chang* actress/singer - Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (1933)
Grace Jones* singer/actress – Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica (1948)
Grace Andreacchi* novelist/ poet/playwright – New York City, NY USA (1954)
Grace Hightower* actress/ singer/philanthropist - USA (1955)
Grace Jackson* sprinter/OS - St. Ann, Jamaica (1961)
Grace Wanjiru* race walker - Embu, Kenya (1979)
Grace VanderWaal* singer-songwriter – Lenexa, Kansas USA (2004)
Updated 28.12.2021