1837: Charlotte Forten Grimké born (educator, reformer, journal writer)
1838: Laura de Force Gordon (lawyer, journalist, reformer)
1856: Martha Hillard MacLeish born (educator, community activist)
1858: Caroline Julia Bartlett Crane born (minister, reformer)
1863: Geneva (Gene) Stratton-Porter born (writer)
1892/3?: Mae West born (entertainer)
1906: Hazel Gladys Bishop born (chemist, businesswoman, inventor)
1921: Maureen O'Hara born (actress)
1998: U.S. President Clinton publicly acknowledged having an affair with Monica Lewinsky in 1995 when she was a White House intern, after earlier denials
Quote for Today
When women go wrong, men go right after them. -- Mae West
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