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April 30

This Day in Women's History

1789: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington becomes the first First Lady of the United States, though the title First Lady was not in use during her lifetime.

1838: Abba Louisa Goold Woolson born

1898: Katherine Amelia Towle born

1993: Tennis star Monica Seles stabbed by an obsessed fan (story)

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it and invent ridiculous embellishments.

-- Anne Sullivan Macy

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