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August 14

This Day in Women's History

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    1802: Letitia Elizabeth Landon born (writer)

    1814: Charlotte Fowler Wells born (publisher, phrenologist)

    1859: May Dickson Exall (clubwoman)

    1860: Laura Drake Gill born (educator)

    1909: Winifred Stanley born (U.S. Congress)

    1928: Lina Wertmuller born (movie director, screenwriter)

    1950: Anne, Princess Royal of England, born

Quote for Today

    to a photographer: "You are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand." -- Princess Anne

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