10 Great Women One Tough Battle

Here are 10 influential women to some degree, that all lost the same battle to breast cancer.  Some you may have heard of and some you may have not. 

Considering that they were moms, daughters, sisters, aunts and grandmothers etc... in their honor, we'd like to pay tribute to each of them during breast cancer awareness month.   

Here's to you Ladies!  We'll see ya on the other side...



Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932), born Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous short works for both companies.

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films.

Connie Cezon (March 28, 1925 – February 26, 2004) was an American film actress. Born in Oakland, California, Cezon made over 30 film and television appearances between 1951 and 1966. Modern viewers will remember Cezon as a perfect blonde "gold digger" in the Three Stooges films.

Dorothea Kent (21 June 1916 – 23 August 1990) was an American film actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1935 and 1948. In addition to her credited roles, she also had roles in 6 other films, including her last role in the 1948 film The Babe Ruth Story. She was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and died in 1990 from breast cancer.

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien OBE (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s.

Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American Academy Award–winning actress. Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success.

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 – October 26, 1952) was the first African-American actress to win an Academy Award. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). In addition to having acted in many films, McDaniel was a singer-songwriter, comedian, stage actress, radio voice and television star.

Helen Kane (August 4, 1904, – September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer; her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Kane's voice and appearance were a likely source for Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick when creating Betty Boop, although It-girl Clara Bow is another possible influence.

June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 - June 14, 2002) was a Caribbean-American poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, dramatist, teacher and committed activist. Jordan played an important role in the development of black artistic, social, and politic movements and is still widely regarded as one of the most significant and prolific black, bisexual writers of the 20^thcentury. 

Lilyan Chauvin (August 6, 1925 – June 26, 2008), born Lilyan Zemoz, was a French-American actress, television host, director, writer, former Vice President of Women in Film, author, teacher and private coach. Her motion picture credits included Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) and Catch Me If You Can (2002). In the 1990s and 2000s, she guest-starred in show such as The X-Files, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Friends and others.