1429: Joan of Arc led French troops in the siege of Orleans
1830: Harriet Lane Johnston born (or May 9?) (White House hostess, President James Buchanan's administration)
1835: Augusta Jane Evans Wilson born (writer)
1847: Clara Marshall born (physician, educator)
1870: Georgia Lydia Stevens born (musician, educator)
1910: Mary Lou Williams born (pianist, composer, arranger)
1914: President Woodrow Wilson declares Mother's Day a national holiday in the U.S.
1955: Maud Wood Park died (suffragist)
Quote for Today
This is a time in history when women's voices must be heard, or forever be silenced. It's not because we think better than men, but we think differently. It's not women against men, but women and men. It's not that the world would have been better if women had run it, but that the world will be better when we as women, who bring our own perspective, share in running it.
-- Betty Bumpers, 1985
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