1836: Cornerstone laid for the first building of Mount Holyoke Seminary
1847: Lilian Whiting born (journalist, writer)
1849: Jeannette Gilder born (editor, writer)
1869: Clara Noyes born (nurse, educator)
1873 (or October 27, 1872): Emily Post born (etiquette writer)
1899: Gertrude Edelstein Berg born (actor, producer, screenwriter)
1922: Rebecca Felton, age 87, first woman to occupy a seat in the U.S. Senate, appointed by Governor Thomas Hardwick of Georgia.
Quote for Today
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
When the women of the country come in and sit with you, ... you will get ability, you will get integrity of purpose, you will get exalted patriotism, and you will get unstinted usefulness.
— Rebecca Felton, on her address to the United States Senate during her first and only day in office
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