1347: Catherine of Siena born (mystic, patron saint of Italy)
1586: Margaret Clitherow executed for harboring priests; she was canonized in 1970
1826: Matilda Joslyn Gage born
1830: Maggie Van Cott (Margaret Ann Newton Van Cott) born
1862: Rose Greenhow, Civil War hostess and spy, was tried for treason. Quote from Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America: "But for you there would have been no Battle of Bull Run."
1868: Belle Sherwin born
1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 immigrant women workers
1914: Aline Saarinen born
1925: Flannery O'Connor born
1934: Gloria Steinem born
1967: Debi Thomas born (Olympic gold medalist)
1971: Sheryl Swopes born (basketball player)
Feast Day: Saint Margaret Clitherow
Quote for Today
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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