1759: Martha Laurens Ramsay born (early American exemplar of Republican motherhood)
1793: Olympe de Gouges guillotined, charged with treason
1841: Isabella Macdonald Alden born (children's writer)
1970: Bella Abzug elected to U.S. Congress (politician, co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus)
Quote for Today
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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