1847: Mary Anna Hallock Foote born (writer, illustrator)
1848: Emily Brontë died (writer)
1917: Indira Gandhi born (politician, prime minister of India)
1926: Jeane Kirkpatrick born (political scientist, U.S. ambassador to the U.N.)
Quote for Today
I do believe that there still may be some special sort of resentment of women in high politics in this country. I think that some of the attacks on me have been motivated not only by politics, but also by that special resentment of women.
— Jeane Kirkpatrick
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