1817: Zerelda Wallace born (reformer: suffrage, temperance; stepmother of Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur)
1833: Claire Démar commits suicide (radical, Saint-Simonian, sexual freedom advocate)
1845: Myrtle Page Fillmore born (religious leader: Unity School of Christianity)
1861: Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt born (second wife of Theodore Roosevelt)
1881: Louella Parsons born (columnist)
1905: Clara Bow born (actress)
1911: Lucille Ball born (actress)
1926: Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel - the first woman to do so
Quote for Today
The highest form of development is to govern one's self. -- Zerelda Wallace
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