1489: Margaret Tudor born (sister of King Henry VIII and grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots)
1752: Jemima Wilkinson born (religious leader: penname Publick Universal Friend)
1788: Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey born (editor)
1832: Louisa May Alcott born (writer)
1835: Cixi (T'su-hsi) born (Dowager Empress of China, 1861-1908)
1850: Ellen Clara Sabin born (school administrator; president, Downer College which later becomes Milwaukee-Downer College, now part of Lawrence University)
1876: Nellie Tayloe Ross born (public official; first woman elected governer of a U.S. state)
Quote for Today
f you don't remember history accurately, how can you learn?
— Maya Lin
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