1720: Mary Read and Anne Bonny convicted of piracy
1853: Helen Magill White born (educator)
1865: Alice Ames Winter born (clubwoman, writer)
1894: Genevieve Taggard born (poet)
1919: Nancy Astor, American-born wife of Waldorf Astor, became the first woman in British history to be elected to and take a seat in Parliament. She took his seat in the House of Commons when he moved to the House of Lords. (Constance Markiewicz was elected in 1918 from Dublin but as a Sinn Fein member did not take her seat in the House of Commons.)
1990: Margaret Thatcher formally resigns as Prime Minister, after the election of her successor, John Major (story)
Quote for Today
Theories by women about women have only begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are abundant.
— Patricia Meyer Spacks
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