1466: Elizabeth of York (later Queen of England) born
1503: Elizabeth of York, widow of Henry VII of England, died
1671: Hannah Callowhill Penn born
1802: Lydia Maria Child born
1805: Explorer Meriwether Lewis served as midwife at the birth of the son of Sacagawea, guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition
1855: Josephine Marshall Jewell Dodge born
1858: Bernadette Soubiros saw a vision at Lourdes.
1911: Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to address the Montana Legislature, speaking for woman suffrage.
1962: Poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide
1975: Margaret Thatcher took the lead of the British Conservative Party, the first woman to hold that position (story)
Quote for Today
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
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