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September 2

This Day in Women's History

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    1820: Lucretia Peabody Hale born (writer)

    1821: Anne Whitney born (sculptor)

    1838: Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani born (ruler of Hawaii)

    1853: Emma Curtis Hopkins born (editor, religious leader: New Thought)

    1881: Elisabeth Christman born (labor leader, WTUL Treasurer 1919-1950, public official, reformer)

    1894: Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman) born (writer)

    1918: Martha Mitchell born (figure in the Watergate controversy, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell)

    1948: Christa Corrigan McAuliffe born (teacher; died on the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded seconds after takeoff, January 28, 1986)

Quote for Today

    Actually, power is like money: neither good nor bad. Its negative or positive spin depends on how we use it.

    Pat Heim

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