1814: Lucinda Hinsdale Stone born (educator, clubwoman)
1868: Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was published
1875: Anne Martin born (reformer)
1883: Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (civil engineer, architect, reformer, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
1897: the future Saint Térèse of Lisieux died
Quote for Today
Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.
— Carter Heyward
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