1198: Marie of France, Countess of Champagne died: daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France; full sister of Alix, Countess of Blois
1708: Queen Anne, for the last time a British monarch did so, vetoed legislation
1829: Sarah Dolley born: physician and woman suffrage activist
1869: Beatrice Winser born: educator who opposed protective legislation for women
1872: Kathleen Clarice Groom born: writer
1893: Wanda Hazel Gág born: author, illustrator, known especially as author and illustrator of Millions of Cats and The ABC Bunny
1896: Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson born: writer using the name Pearl Rivers
1898: Dorothy Gish born: actress; sister of Lillian Gish
1903: Dorothy Schiff Thackery born: owner and publisher of the New York Post; philanthropist, reformer
1903: Der Wald,, an opera written by Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, was performed at the Metropolitan Opera, the first woman-written opera performed in the US
1922: Madeline Houston McWhinnery born: founded the First Women's Bank in the United States
1923: Agatha Barbara born: President of Malta 1982-1987
1923: Louise Brough born: tennis player
1946: Patty Waters born: jazz singer
1952: Susan Richardson born: actress
1993: Janet Reno was confirmed by the United States Senate as Attorney General; when sworn in the next day, she became the first woman to hold that office
1994: first ordination of women priests in the Church of England (the Church voted to ordain women on November 10, 1992)
Christian Feast Day: Saint Áurea of San Millán (1043 - 1070), Alberta of Agen (died 286)
Quote for Today
Justice is better than Chivalry if we cannot have both.
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