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October 27

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1401: Catherine of Valois born (wife of Henry V, mother of Henry VI, grandmother of Henry VII, all of England)

    1826: Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood born (etiquette and manners writer)

    1869: Janet Scudder born (sculptor)

    1872 (or October 3, 1873): Emily Post born (etiquette writer)

    1882: Mother Mary Joseph Rogers born (religious)

    1940: Maxine Hong Kingston born (writer, educator)

Quote for Today

    I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.

    — Maxine Hong Kingston

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