January 11th

Born this day in 1860, Marie Bashkirteff, a Russian artist who worked and lived and died way too young in Paris, Frances. Baskirteff kept a journal since the age of 13 which lead to her publishing her memoirs, "I Am the Most Interesting Book of All". It detailed the struggles of a woman artist in the 19th century. This book is still in print today. Bashirteff was a very talented visual artist(paintings above self-protrait and artist's studio.) Sadly, she died at the age of 25 of tuberculosis. An artist, a feminist, a intellectual powerhouse, who lived long enough carve out her part in the arts in Paris in the 1880's.

On this day in 1928, Amelia Earhart began a record breaking flight from Honolulu to California.