1401: Catherine of Valois born (wife of Henry V, mother of Henry VI, grandmother of Henry VII, all of England)
1826: Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood born (etiquette and manners writer)
1869: Janet Scudder born (sculptor)
1872 (or October 3, 1873): Emily Post born (etiquette writer)
1882: Mother Mary Joseph Rogers born (religious)
1940: Maxine Hong Kingston born (writer, educator)
Quote for Today
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I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.
— Maxine Hong Kingston
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