1702: Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, ascended to the British throne
1783: Hannah Hoes Van Buren born
1824: Emily Elizabeth Parsons born
1828: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe born
1856: Mary Wright Plummer born
1857: women workers in New York City strike for higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions
1886: Alice Throckmorton McLean born
1923: Lydia Rapoport born
1943: Lynn Redgrave-Clark born
1945: Phyliss M Daley sworn in as navy ensign, the first black nurse to achieve that office
1945: first celebration of International Women's Day as such
Quote for Today
He might have been happier with a wife who was completely uncritical. That I was never able to be, and he had to find it in other people. Nevertheless, I think I sometimes acted as a spur, even though the spurring was not always wanted or welcome. I was one of those who served his purposes.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
speaking of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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