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December 19

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1820: Mary Rice Livermore born (reformer)

    1829: Jane Cunningham Croly born (journalist, clubwoman, Sorosis founder)

    1829: Ada Howard born (educator)

    1836: Maria Louise Sanford born (educator)

    1848: Emily Brontë died (writer, used name Ellis Bell)

    1868: Eleanor Hodgman Porter born (writer)

    1906: Esther Peterson born (labor organizer, public official)

Quote for Today

    Know the ship you sail on. Know its timbers. Deep the fjord waters where you sail, steep the cliffs, deep into the unknown coast goes the winding fjord.

    Denise Levertov

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