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 Edith Wilson (c) Jone Johnson Lewis, adapted from an image courtesy of the US Library of Congress Pick a DayDecember 28This Day in Women's History1694: Mary II of Great Britain died 1722 (?): Elizabeth (Eliza) Pinckney born (plantation manager, inventor; sons Charles and Thomas were American Revolutionary soldiers and politicians) 1725: Henrietta Zinzendorf von Watteville born (teacher, helped establish Moravian Seminary and College for Women in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) 1789: Catharine Sedgwick born (writer) 1816: Elizabeth Ware Packard born (reeformer: married women's rights, rights of the mentally ill) 1860: Jane Robbins born (social worker, physician) 1961: Edith Wilson died (First Lady: during Woodrow Wilson's recovery from a stroke, 1919-1921, she worked closely with him and his presidential advisors to see that presidential duties were performed) Quote for TodayA bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song.
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