1796: Sophia Smith born (philanthropist, founder of Smith College)
1805: Sallie Gordon Law born (nurse, hospital organizer: Confederacy)
1833: Margarethe Meyer Schurz born (kindergarten educator, established first kindergarten in America; married to Carl Shurz)
1866: Julia Marlowe born (actress)
1872: Mary Anderson born (labor leader, public official)
1884: Rose McClendon born (actress in Negro theater; Harlem Renaissance figure)
1884: Mary Hill Arbuthnot born (educator, children's literature specialist)
Quote for Today
Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while. -- Anna Magnani
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