1439: Anne of York born (sister to Kings Edward IV and Richard III, center of a controversy over inheritance of her first husband's titles)
1792: Théroigne de Méricourt took part in the attack on the Tuileries
1810: Mary Neal Gove Nichols born (writer, reformer: health, sex) - wrote as "Mary Orme"
1858/1859?: Anna Julia Cooper born (educator, feminist)
1894: Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca born (labor leader)
1900: Josephine Holt Perfect Bay born (banker)
1930: Martha Elizabeth Keys (U.S. Congress 1975-79)
1993: Second woman to serve on the Supreme Court sworn in: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Quote for Today
On abortion, when questioned at the hearing considering her nomination to the Supreme Court, 1993:
...it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling. If you impose restraints, you are disadvantaging her because of her sex. The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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