1797: Mary Wollstonecraft married William Godwin
1815: Jane Austen completed her novel Emma
1831: Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr born
1840: Isabella Thoburn born
1843: Frances Wisebart Jacobs born
1874: Lou Henry Hoover born
1880: Rosina Lhevinne born
1903: Vera Micheles Dean born
1918: Pearl Bailey born
Quote for Today
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you -- if you don't repeat it.
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