Our next video with Bellefontaine Cemetery focuses on Edna Gellhorn. Edna was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 18, 1878, to Washington E. and Martha Ellis Fischel. Her father was a physician, professor of clinical medicine at Washington University, and a co-founder of the Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital in St. Louis. Her mother was an educator who was heavily involved in philanthropy and civic work. Edna's parents were involved in the Ethical Culture Society of St. Louis to aspire

Our fourth video features Anna L. Clapp. She was born as Anna Wendell on August 15, 1814, in Cambridge, New York, and is of Dutch descent. When she was 24, she married Alfred Clapp, who was an enterprising merchant. They resided in Brooklyn, New York, until the Civil War began and then emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri. In St. Louis, every public building was taken over by wounded soldiers, and the area was in desperate need of help. Anna lent her services by joining the St. Louis Ladies' Union A

Our seventh video with Bellefontaine Cemetery features Phoebe Couzins, a trailblazer for women’s rights and equality. Phoebe was born on September 8, 1842, in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, John E.D. Couzins, was an architect and builder. Her mother, Adaline Couzins, was active in charity work. At an early age, Phoebe learned the value and importance of public service from her parents. In 1849, when she was just six years old, a terrible cholera epidemic swept through St. Louis, and thousands