1728 (o.s.): Mercy Otis Warren born (poet, historian, feminist)
1830: Emily Edson Briggs born (journalist)
1854: Julia Magruder born (writer)
1857: Alice Stone Blackwell born (reformer)
1868: Ellen Beach Yaw born (opera singer)
1879 (or 1883): Margaret Sanger born (nurse, reformer: birth control)
1882: Winnifred Mason Huck born (journalist; third woman elected to U.S. Congress)
1889: Nellie Bly began her trip around the world, attempting to beat the fictional hero of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days
1927: Isadora Duncan (dancer) died when her scarf became entangled with the wheels of her car
1934: Kate Millett born (feminist)
1982: Princess Grace of Monaco (former movie star Grace Kelly) died of injuries from an auto accident
2002: Nancy Pelosi became the first woman to lead a party in the United States House of Representatives
Quote for Today
Let freedom be the mistress of thy heart.
-- Mercy Otis Warren's character, Don Juan de Padilla
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