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November 16

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1899: Mary Margaret McBride born (journalist, broadcaster)

    1928: Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness was found to be obscene by a British court

    Traditional Feast Day in Scotland for Margaret of Scotland

Quote for Today

    It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active it is dangerous.

    Crystal Eastman

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