1647: Maria Sibylla Merian born (illustrator)
1860: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews born
1881: Clara Driscoll born
1917: Jeannette Rankin took her seat in the U.S. Congress, the first woman to be elected to that body
Quote for Today
Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.
-- Dora Russell
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