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May 11

This Day in Women's History

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    1875: Harriet Quimby born (or May 1?) (journalist, aviator)

    1884: Alma Gluck (Reba Feinsohn Glick) born (singer)

    1893: Martha Graham born (choreographer)

    1896: Mari Sandoz born

    1905: Catherine Krouse Bauer born (housing expert, planner)

Quote for Today

    We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

    -- Martha Graham

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