1767: Sarah Pierce born (educator)
1812: Frances Flora Bond (Fanny) Palmer born (artist)
1881: Jessie Field Shambaugh born (4-H pioneer, educator)
1890: Jeanne Eagels born (actress)
1892: Pearl S. Buck born (writer, humanitarian)
1914 (1911?): Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias born (athlete)
1970: Bernadette Devlin, Catholic activist and MP from Ulster, was arrested in Londonderry after conviction for her part in 1969 Bogside riots (story)
1996: U.S. Supreme Court rules that Virginia Military Institute must admit women.
Quote for Today
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women.
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