1535: Joan of Austria born (Princess of Portugal, regent of Spain)
1578: Mary Fitton baptized (possible "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets)
1831: Rebecca Harding Davis (writer)
1880: Agnes Nestor born (labor leader)
1910: U.S. Congress enacts Mann Act, targeting prostitution and white slavery
1936: Mary McLeod Bethune appointed director of Negro Affiars of the National Youth Administration, the first African American woman to receive a major federal appointment
Quote for Today
Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in these fearless, high-spirited, resolute and intelligent heroines?
-- Dame Ellen Terry, actress
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