968: Saint Matilda (Matilda of Ringelheim), Queen of Germany and mother of Emperor Otto I, died
1489: Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, sold Cyprus to Venice
1807: Joséphine of Leuchtenberg born: Queen consort of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
1808: Narcissa Prentiss Whitman born
1815: Josephine Lange born: composer
1822: Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies born: Empress consort of Dom Pedro II of Brazil, daughter of King Don Francesco I
1830?: Sarah Flournoy Moore Chapin born
1833: Lucy Hobbs Taylor born: dentist, women's rights advocate; first woman in US to be granted a dentistry degree (1866)
1851: Anna Caroline Maxwell born
1868: Emily Murphy born: Canadian women's rights advocate, one of the Famous Five in the Persons Case
1875: Isadore Gilbert Mudge born
1877: Edna Woolman Chase born: Vogue editor
1887: Sylvia Woodbridge Beach born: bookseller, publisher
1894: Osa Helen Leighty Johnson born: explorer, filmmaker, writer
1899: Ada Kramm born: actress
1904: Doris Eaton Travis born: actress, dancer, last surviving of the "Ziegfield girls" (she died in 2010)
1921: Ada Louise Huxtable born: architecture critic and writer
1923: Diane Arbus born: photographer
1958: Princess Grace (former movie star Grace Kelly) gave birth to a son, Prince Albert, who thereby became heir to the throne, displacing his older sister, Princess Caroline
1977: Fannie Lou Hamer died: civil rights activist
Feast Day: Saint Matilda of Saxony (or Matilda of Ringelheim), queen of Germany
Quote for Today
A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination. - Betty Friedan
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