Edith is the name this time around in our series First Names First! A pretty common name in the latter part of the 19th century, seems like.
Why not pick one of the Ediths that you see below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us.
1858-0502 Edith Somerville* Irish novelist – Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands (1949/91)
1861-0806 Edith Roosevelt* First Lady/elevated the position of FL – Norwich, CT USA (1948/87)
1862-0124 Edith Wharton* (b Jones) novelist/short story writer/interior designer – New York City, NY USA (1937/75)
1863-0212 Edith Julia Griswold* patent attorney – Windsor, CT USA (1926/62)
1869-0106 Edith Anne Stoney* physicist – Dublin, Ireland (1938/69)
1872-1015 Edith Wilson* (b Bolling) First Lady/descendant of Pocahontas – Wytheville, VA USA (1961/89)
1883-0210 Edith Clarke* pioneering electrical engineer – Howard County, MD USA (1959/76)
1889-0121 Edith Tolkien* (b Bratt) the wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien – Gloucester, England (1971/82)
1891-0710 Edith Quimby* medical researcher/physicist – Rockford, IL USA (1982/91)
1891-1012 Edith Stein* canonized nun/philosopher – Breslau, German Empire (1942/50)
1892-0404 Edith Södergran* Finnish-Swedish poet – Saint Petersburg, Russia (1923/31)
1896-1027 Edith Haisman* (b Brown) South African Titanic survivor (at age 15) – Worcester, Cape Colony (1997/100)
1897-0910 Edith Jacobson* psychoanalyst/to U.S at age 41 – Haynau, German Empire (1978/81)
1900-0116 Edith Frank* (b Holländer) mother of Anne Frank – Aachen, Prussia, German Empire (1945/44)
1904-1113 Edith Wall* artist/ active in Australia – Christchurch, New Zealand (2012/107)
1911-0524 Edith Heath* studio potter – Ida Grove, IA USA (2005/94)
1915-1219 Édith Piaf* (b Gassion) singer/ lyricist/actress – Paris, France (1963/47) pic
1922-0529 Edith Roger* dancer/ choreographer/stage director – Son, Norway (2023/100)
1929-0620 Edith Windsor* technology manager/LGBT rights activist – Philadelphia, PA USA (2017/88)
1943-0420 Edith “Edie” Sedgwick* fashion model (Andy Warhol)/actress – Santa Barbara, CA USA (1971/28)
1963-0705 Edith “Edie” Falco* actress – New York City, NY USA
1964-1210 Edith González* actress – Mexico City, Mexico (2019/54)
Updated 24.3.2023