1791: Lydia Huntley Sigourney born (poet)
1813: Mary Grew born (reformer - abolition, suffrage)
1815: Emma Stebbins born (painter, sculptor)
1849: Elizabeth Harrison born (education: kindergarten)
1854: Anna Botsford Comstock born (naturalist, illustrator, educator)
1878: Emma Nutt began work as a telephone operator, the first woman to hold that position
1898: Marilyn Miller born (actress)
1939: Lily Tomlin born (actress, comedienne)
Quote for Today
"Universal suffrage, that is to say the expression of the will of all, whether for good or ill, is a necessary safety-valve. Without it, you will get merely successive outbreaks of civil violence. This wonderful guarantee of security is there to our hands. It is the best counterweight so far discovered."
-- George Sand
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