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May 4

From Jone Johnson Lewis,
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This Day in Women's History

    1749: Charlotte Smith born (English writer, poet, author of Emmeline)

    1820: Julia Gardiner Tyler born ( U.S. First Lady)

    1884: Agnes Fay Morgan born (nutritionist, chemist)

    1898: Joy Bright Hancock born (aviator, naval officer)

    1907: Mary Hallaren born (Army officer)

    1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman Prime Minister as the Conservative Party wins the general election.

Quote for Today

    I know very well every eye is upon me, my dear mother, and I will behave accordingly.

    -- Julia Tyler, letter, 1844

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