1797: Frances Ann Denny Drake born (actor)
1831: Matilda Vining Wood born (actor, theater manager, known as Mrs. John Wood)
1874: Helen Thompson Woolley born (psychologist)
1916: Jeannette Rankin elected to the U.S. Congress -- the first woman elected to that position
Quote for Today
Odd how the creative power at once begins the whole universe to order.
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