1516: Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I of England) was born to King Henry VIII and his queen, Catherine of Aragon
1851: Ida A. Husted Harper born
1874: Mary Williams Dewson born
1878: Blanche Ames
1922: Helen Gurley Brown born
1934: Audre Lorde born
1931: Toni Morrison born
1933: Yoko Ono born
Quote for Today
What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?
— Toni Morrison in Song of Solomon
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