1849: Emma Lazarus born (poet)
1851: Mary Harriman born (philanthropist)
1860: Mother Marie Joseph Butler born (religious, educator)
1881: Augusta Fox Bronner born (psychologist)
Feast Day: Saint Mary Magdalene
Quote for Today
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Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
-- Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus"
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