1855: Julia Richmond born (educator)
1871: Harriet Boyd Hawes born (archeologist)
1884: Eleanor Roosevelt born (settlement house worker, WTUL supporter, social reformer, First Lady, newspaper columnist, United Nations delegate; played major role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
1964: American Women, a report of the US Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, documented widespread sex discrimination and called on the Supreme Court to clarify women's constitutional standing.
1975: Bill Clinton and Hillary Diane Rodham married
1991: Anita Hill testified on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1998: Edith Stein (born into an Orthodox Jewish family; philosopher; Carmelite nun; killed in gas chambers at Auschwitz) canonized by the Roman Catholic Church amidst controversy
Quote for Today
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I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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