1480: Margaret of Austria born (Habsburg heiress, governor of Netherlands, Duchess of Savoy, sister of Philip I of Castile)
1820: Louisa Lane Drew born (actress)
1870: Maud Younger born (suffragist, reformer)
Quote for Today
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A trade unionist -- of course I am. First, last, and all the time. How else to strike at the roots of the evils undermining the moral and physical health of women? How else grapple with the complex problems of employment, overemployment, and underemployment alike, resulting in discouraged, undernourished bodies, too tired to resist the onslaughts of disease and crime?
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