548: Theodora, Empress of Byzantium, died
1778: Molly Pitcher (Mary Hays McCauley or McCauly) fights in the battle of Monmouth (New Jersey) earning her the name of Molly Pitcher.
1819: Carlotta Grisi born (ballerina)
1825: Mother Benedicta Riepp] born (religious)
1867: Grace Rainey Rogers born (art collector, philanthropist)
1869: Anne Goldthwaite born (painter, printmaker)
1876: Clara Maass born (nurse, Spanish American War, 1898; yellow fever researcher)
1889: Maria Mitchell died (astronomer)
1891: Esther Forbes born (writer: Johnny Tremaine)
1894: Dame Anne Loughlin born (union leader)
1906: Maria Goeppert Mayer born (physicist)
1945: Jane Harman born (U.S. Congresswoman)
1948: Kathy Bates born (actress)
1969: Stonewall Riot in New York; many women participated
1976: First women (157) enter the U.S. Air Force Academy
1996: South Carolina military school, The Citadel, votes to admit women rather than turn down public funding
Quote for Today
Towanda!
-- Kathy Bates' character, Fried Green Tomatoes
I'm older and I've got more insurance.
-- Kathy Bates' character, Fried Green Tomatoes
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