1645: Maria Van Rensselaer born (businesswoman)
1839: Mary Smith Garrett born (educator of the deaf)
1893: Lizzie Borden acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother (though her infamy continued)
1903: Glenna Collett Vare born (golfer)
1903: Eliza Turner died (writer, clubwoman, suffragist)
1905: Lillian Hellman born (playwright)
1930: Magdalena Abakanowicz born (sculptor)
1931: Olympia Dukakis born (actress)
1952: Zoë Baird born (attorney, business woman)
Quote for Today
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
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