1824: Lucy Larcom born ( poet, educator, editor, "mill girl")
1841: Kapiolani died (chief in Hawaii)
1856: Lucia True Ames Mead born (reformer, peace activist)
1865 or 1867?: "Nellie Bly" Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (journalist)
1868: Mary Emogene Hazeltine (librarian)
1921: Del Martin born (writer, lesbian activist)
Quote for Today
He who plants a tree
Plants a hope.
-- Lucy Larcom
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