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June 13

This Day in Women's History

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    1752: Fanny Burney born (author, diarist) (bibliography)

    1842: Camilla Urso born (musician, violinist)

    1859: Christine Terhune Herrick born (writer on household subjects)

    1875: Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson born (governor of Texas)

    1881: Lois Weber born (actress, producer, director)

    1881: Mary Antin born (writer)

    1893: Dorothy L. Sayers born

    1908: Maria Elena Vieira da Silva (artist)

    1919: Elizabeth Stevenson (author, historian)

Quote for Today

    I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.

    -- Madonna Ciccone

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