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November 24

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

    1849: Frances Hodgson Burnett born (writer)

    1877: Mary Quinn Sullivan born (art teacher, art collector)

    1921: Yochiko Uchida born (writer)

Quote for Today

    At first, people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope that it can be done, then they see it can be done ... and all the world wonders why it was not done years ago.

    — Frances Hodgson Burnett

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