1759: Mary Wollstonecraft born
1810: Mary Upton Ferrin born
1851: Alice Morse Earle born
1927: Coretta Scott King born
1992: The British House of Commons elected its first-ever woman Speaker, Betty Boothroyd
Quote for Today
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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