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January 21

From Jone Johnson Lewis,
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This Day in Women's History

1804: Eliza Roxey Snow Smith born

1840: Sophia Jex-Blake born

1853: Helen Hamilton Gardener born

1879: Helen Gwynne-Vaughn born

1908: New York outlaws smoking by women

1917: Francesca Alexander died

1922: Jade Snow Wing born

1941: Elaine Showalter born

Saint's Day: Agnes of Rome

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— Frances Hodgson Burnett,
from The Secret Garden

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