1647: Margaret Winthrop died (wife of John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony; some of her letters survive, including love letters to her husband)
1811: Harriet Beecher Stowe born (writer, reformer)
1816: Priscilla Cooper Tyler born (actress, White House hostess)
1832: Maggie Mitchell born (actress)
1839: Alice Fisher born
1904: Margaret Bourke-White born (photojournalist, photographer)
1926: Mary Cassatt died (artist)
1952: Pat Summitt born (winningest coach in NCAA basketball history)
Quote for Today
I am independent! I can live alone and I love to work.
-- Mary Cassatt
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