1793: Charlotte Corday, a member of the Girondin faction in Republican France, murdered radical supporter Jean Paul Marat in his bath
1848: Five women decided to call a convention in Seneca Falls on the conditions and rights of women
1863: Mary Woolley born (educator, Mount Holyoke College president, 1901-1937)
1875: June Etta Downey born (writer, educator, psychologist)
1979: Women's History Summer Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, July 13-29, led to founding of Women's History Month.
Quote for Today
I have done my task, let others do theirs.
-- Charlotte Corday, on trial for murdering Marat
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