Died 1925-1950. That makes Prohibition, the Depression and WWII all possible arenas.
Think, think, think…
Not John Brown.
Not Julia Child.
Not … Julia?
Not … Nicely-Nicely Johnson?
Correct on Julia Child and Julia. The latter’s last name was (IIRC) Baker, but I’ll accept simply “Julia,” as that was the name of the show.
Not Nicely-Nicely, who preferred beer, at least while visiting the Hot Box nightclub. It was Big Julie from Chicago who had a couple of glasses of milk at Mindy’s before heading off to the crap game.
DQ reserved for now. Gonna have to think of a good one.
Nitpick: It’s “Big Jule.”
Previous IQs:
Did you marry Crabman, your adulterous lover? - Joy Hickey, on My Name is Earl.
Did the Red-Headed League select you? - Jabez Wilson.
Are you depicted on a mural before which Loki walked? - King John, signing Magna Carta.
The scene (at 0:03): Loki Avengers scene Germany - YouTube
The mural (at the Old Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio): http://static.squarespace.com/static/506e2c97e4b04973cff61cce/t/51be75a6e4b0656299f446e5/1371436455112/Cuyahoga_County_Courthouse008.JPG
DQs:
Noted for temperance/prohibition advocacy?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you noted for your work with settlement houses in the U.S.?
Did you play Domino in Live and Let Die?
Were you married to a plump king?
Actually going Harriet Beached
DQ: Ever visit White House?
Drat. I actually thought of Big Jule first, but then convinced myself it was more likely to be Nicely-Nicely. 
Still not Jane Addams. DQ if there’s someone else who fits.
Wasn’t Domino in Thunderball? Anyway, take a DQ, because I’m drawing a total blank on ‘J’ actresses.
And another DQ…
???
J.
- Real
- Dead
- Female
- J is initial of first name
- Died after 1900
- American
- Died before 1950
- Not best known for the Arts
- From east of the Mississippi
- Not known for politics/business
- Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
- Not married to a man who was famous in his own right
- Known for social work of a sort, but not activism
- Died after 1925
- Not noted for temperance/prohibition advocacy
This one’s tricky - she doesn’t really fit into one of the standard categories. I think so far “business” and “social” come closest to the target.
DQ: Known for criminal activities?
Harriet Ward Beecher.
That’s not a J.
J.
- Real
- Dead
- Female
- J is initial of first name
- Died after 1900
- American
- Died before 1950
- Not best known for the Arts
- From east of the Mississippi
- Not known for politics/business
- Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
- Not married to a man who was famous in his own right
- Known for social work of a sort, but not activism
- Died after 1925
- Not noted for temperance/prohibition advocacy
- Not known for criminal activities
This one’s tricky - she doesn’t really fit into one of the standard categories. I think so far “business” and “social” come closest to the target.
I’m going to go sing along with Hal for a while…
Think green…
Did she live in the mist with gorillas?
Sorry about Beecher. This is getting tricky.
DQ: Did you live to be 60 years old or more?
Previous IQs:
Were you noted for your work with settlement houses in the U.S.? - Yes, Jane Addams.
Did you play Domino in Live and Let Die? - I thought that was Jane Seymour’s character’s name.
Were you married to a plump king? - The earlier Jane Seymour, married to Henry VIII.
I can’t think of who this might be. I yield my DQs to the next two players who’d like to ask 'em.
I had asked about Addams.
DQ: Award winner
In Live and Let Die, Jane Seymour played the role of Solitaire.
Can’t remember right now who played Domino in Thunderball, but it wasn’t Jane Seymour.
I’d missed the earlier Addams reference, and appreciate the correction as to Solitaire.
Dian Fossey isn’t a J, either, but take a DQ if you know someone else who lived with gorillas.
J.
- Real
- Dead
- Female
- J is initial of first name
- Died after 1900
- American
- Died before 1950
- Not best known for the Arts
- From east of the Mississippi
- Not known for politics/business
- Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
- Not married to a man who was famous in his own right
- Known for social work of a sort, but not activism
- Died after 1925
- Not noted for temperance/prohibition advocacy
- Not known for criminal activities
- Lived to be 60 years old or more
- Received an award, posthumously
This one’s tricky - she doesn’t really fit into one of the standard categories. I think so far “business” and “social” come closest to the target.
I’m going to go sing along with Hal for a while…
Think green…
Award was not received during the 20th century, but she was honoured on a postage stamp in the 1940s.
Thinking of Goodall. Stumped, in case it wasn’t obvious!
Sergio Aragones would have been easier…
Stumped!