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September 19

This Day in Women's History

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    1833: Mary Jemison died (captive)

    1876: Vera Scott Cushman born (social worker)

    1899: Anna Pavlova, ballerina, debuted at the Maryinsky Theatre

    1926: Lurleen Wallace born (governor of Alabama and wife of George Wallace, also Alabama governor)

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    Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

    — Fran Lebowitz

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