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June 20

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1645: Maria Van Rensselaer born (businesswoman)

    1839: Mary Smith Garrett born (educator of the deaf)

    1893: Lizzie Borden acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother (though her infamy continued)

    1903: Glenna Collett Vare born (golfer)

    1903: Eliza Turner died (writer, clubwoman, suffragist)

    1905: Lillian Hellman born (playwright)

    1930: Magdalena Abakanowicz born (sculptor)

    1931: Olympia Dukakis born (actress)

    1952: Zoë Baird born (attorney, business woman)

Quote for Today

    I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

    -- Lillian Hellman

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