1476: Louise of Savoy born (religious writer, education patron)
1806: Juliette Magill Kinzie born (writer, Chicago pioneer, social leader: wrote history, Native American legends)
1847: Mary Whitney born (astronomer)
1850: Mary Clyens Lease born (reformer)
1850: first U.S. concert of Jenny Lind (known as the Swedish nightingale)
1877: Rosika Schwimmer born (reformer, writer)
1954: Miss America pageant broadcast on television for the first time
Quote for Today
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Power is America's last dirty word. It is easier to talk about money -- and much easier to talk about sex -- than it is to talk about power.
-- Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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