Feast Day: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary -- died November 17, 1231
1558: Mary I of England died (Queen of England, succeeded by her half-sister, Elizabeth I)
1815: Eliza Burkans Farnham born (reformer, writer)
1870: Winifred Holt born (reformer and educator, working for the blind; daughter of publisher Henry Holt)
1878: Grace Abbott born (social worker)
1881: Mary Harriman Rose born (reformer and philanthropist: consumer issues)
1977: Oksana Baiul born (Olympic figure skating champion)
Quote for Today
God would not give us the same talents if what were right for men were wrong for women.
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