1831: Harriet Mann Miller born ("Olive Thorne") (children's writer)
1863: Olympia Brown ordained by the St. Lawrence Universalist Association, becoming possibly the first woman minister in the US ordained with full denominational authority
1872: Birdsall Otis Edey born (Girl Scout pioneer)
1874: Rose Cecil O'Neill born (lllustrator, writer, businesswoman - Kewpie dolls)
1881: Crystal Eastman born (reformer, attorney)
1918: Marion Alice Orr born (aviator)
1954: Sonia Sotomayor born (lawyer, judge)
1993: Tansu Çiller becomes prime minister of Turkey
Quote for Today
There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.
-- Anna Sewell, Black Beauty
It took a long time to rouse woman out of her lethargy, but once her eyes are open, she walks down her path as resistless as fate.
-- "Olive Thorne Miller"
Life is a big battle for the complete feminist.
-- Crystal Eastman
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