1839: Sybil Ludington (married name: Sybil Ogden) died (Revolutionary War messenger, "female Paul Revere")
1858: Lavinia Lloyd Dock born
1859: Louise de Koven Bowen born
1871: Sophia Peabody Hawthorne died in England (author, artist, wife of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the Peabody sisters)
1879: Mabel Dodge Luhan born
1950: Helen Clark born (Prime Minister, New Zealand)
1987: The Church of England's General Synod voted to support the ordination of women priests ( story)
Quote for Today
By the time I made my entry into society I was ignorant in everything and accomplished in nothing.
— Louise de Koven Bowen
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