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December 8

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1542: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, born (queen of Scotland, queen consort of France)

    1626: Christina of Sweden (Kristina) born

    1805: Adeline Blanchard Tyler born (nurse, Episcopal deaconess, Civil War hospital administrator)

    1809: Mother Mary Aloysia Hardey born (religious)

    1869: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse born (poet, critic)

    1878: Mary Mattingly Meloney born (journalist, editor)

    1922: Jean Ritchie born (singer, folklorist)

Quote for Today

    There's a time when what you're creating and the environment you're creating it in come together.

    — Grace Hartigan

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