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October 16

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1793: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, guillotined

    1891: Sarah Winnemucca died (Native American leader)

    1916: Margaret Sanger opened the first United States public health clinic

    1967: Joan Baez arrested as part of massive anti-war protests in America ( BBC story)

Quote for Today

    If I possessed the wealth of several rich ladies whom you all know, I would place all the Indians of Nevada on ships in our harbor, take them to New York and land them there as immigrants, that they might be received with open arms, blessed with the blessings of universal suffrage, and thus placed beyond the necessity of reservation help and out of the reach of Indian agents.

    — Sarah Winnemucca

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