1820: Anne Jemima Clough born (British feminist)
1856: Harriot Stanton Blatch born (suffragist)
1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton testified before Congress, the first woman to do so
1878: Ruth St Denis born
1879: Mary Cornelia Barker born (educator)
1891: Lili'uokalani became Queen of Hawaii
1892 (or 1893): Bessie Coleman born (aviator)
1910: Joy Adamson born
1924: Yvonne Loriod born
1940: Carol Heiss born
1993: Maya Angelou delivers poem at inauguration of President Bill Clinton (audio)
Quote for Today
-
I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.
Browse the Calendar
This Day in Women's History Calendar © 1999-2006 Jone Johnson Lewis.
