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February 6

From Jone Johnson Lewis,
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This Day in Women's History

    43 C.E. - traditional date for the suicide of the Vietnamese Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, when faced with defeat by the Chinese army

    1866: Annie Goodrich born

    1867: Blessed Maria Vicenta of Saint Dorothy born as Vicenta Chivez Orozco in Cotija, Michoacan, Mexico; beatified 1997

    1870: Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould born

    1872: The American Woman Suffrage Association petitioned Congress

    1893: Madge Thurlow Macklin born

    1913: Mary Douglas Leakey born (paleonanthropologist)

    1917: In Great Britain, suffrage granted to women over age 30

    1952: Elizabeth II succeeded her father, King George VI, on his death on February 6

Quote for Today

    True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

    — Queen Elizabeth II of England

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