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Pick a DayJune 1This Day in Women's History1533: Anne Boleyn crowned as queen 1660: Mary Dyer hanged 1797: Abby Hadassah Smith born (reformer, suffragist) 1800: Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz born (writer) 1816: Maria Monk born (writer, anti-Catholic polemicist) 1898: Molly Picon born (actress, singer: Yiddish theater) 1909: Antonia Butler born (cellist) 1926: Norma Jean Mortenson, or Marilyn Monroe born (actress) 1937: Colleen McCullough born (writer) 1950: Senator Margaret Chase Smith spoke out in the U.S. Senate against the "hate and character assassination" that was McCarthyism in her "Declaration of Conscience" 1964: Equal Pay Act became law 1968: Helen Keller died, age 87 Quote for TodayHollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
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