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July 27

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1768: Charlotte Corday born (assassin of Jean-Paul Marat)

    1777: Jane McCrea and Sarah McNeil captured by Native Americans working for the British; Jane McCrea's story became an American standard

    1841: Linda Richards born (nurse, educator)

    1853: Lucy Salmon born (historian)

    1856?: Marriage of Maximilian and Carlota

    1875: Mary Olszewski Kryszak born (public official, Polish American activist)

    1878?: Genevieve Cline born (lawyer, judge)

    1946: Gertrude Stein died (writer)

    1948: Peggy Fleming born (Olympic ice skating medalist, professional ice skater)

Quote for Today

    Einstein was the creative philosophic mind of the century and I have been the creative literary mind of the century.

    Gertrude Stein

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