1474: Isabella d'Este born (Renaissance arts patron)
1851: Marie Josepha Mergler born (physician, surgeon)
1852: Gertrude Käsebier born (photographer)
1869: Rachelle Yarros born (physician, reformer, Hull House resident)
1973: Jeannette Rankin died (first woman elected to the U.S. Congress; suffragist, peace activist)
1991: Helen Sharman became the first British astronaut ( story)
Quote for Today
From the first days of dawning individuality, I have longed unceasingly to make pictures of people... to bring out in each photograph the essential personality that is variously called temperament, soul, humanity. - Gertrude Käsebier
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