1568: Queen Elizabeth I of England arrested Mary, Queen of Scots
1800: Sarah Miriam Peale born (painter)
1820: Margaret Junkin Preston born (poet)
1834: Fidelia Bridges born (artist)
1834: Catharine Furbish born (botanist)
1836: Cynthia Ann Parker captured by Comanches (ca.1827-ca.1864) - mother of Comanche chief Quanah Parker
1849: Mary Clare De Graffenried born (reformer)
1930: Lorraine Hansberry born (playwright)
1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died (First Lady, editor)
Quote for Today
In our steady insistence on proclaiming sex-distinction we have grown to consider most human attributes as masculine attributes, for the simple reason that they were allowed for men and forbidden to women.
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