1425: Jacoba of Bavaria escaped from imprisonment by the duke of Burgundy who challenged her claim to succession as countess of Holland, Zeeland, and Halnaut
1828: Jane Lathrop Stanford born (educator, philanthropist)
1847: Elizabeth Flynn Rodgers born (labor leader, businesswoman, first woman to join the Knights of Labor)
1908: National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses funded
1910: Dorothea Tanning born (painter)
1927: Althea Gibson born (tennis player)
Quote for Today
I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me. -- Althea Gibson
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