1849: Anne Brontë died, only 29 years old
1855: Abby Beach born (educator, professor of Greek)
1858: Lizzie Black Kander born (settlement and relief worker, cook book writer, educator)
1876: Katharine Blunt born (educator, home economist, nutritionist)
1919: May Swenson born (poet)
1940: Maeve Binchy born (writer)
1963: Equal Pay Act passed
1971: Ekaterina Gordeeva born (Olympic pairs skater)
Quote for Today
No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government.
-- Nancy Astor
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