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May 6

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1805: Eliza Jane Gillet Bridgman born

    1829: Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford born ( minister, writer, reformer)

    1831: Mary Clemmer Ames born (journalist, originator of the title "First Lady" for wives of U.S. Presidents)

    1858: Alice Blanchard Merriam Coleman born

    1882: Ann Haven Morgan born (biologist, educator)

Quote for Today

    The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took.

    -- Alice Rossi, 1973

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