1801: Abigail Hopper Gibbons born (Quaker, Civil War nurse, reformer: abolition, prison reform; daughter of Isaac Hopper)
1865: Sibyl Swift Sanderson born (opera singer)
1873: Willa Cather born (writer)
1877: Constance Skinner born (writer, critic, editor, historian)
1893: Virginia Kirkus born (critic, editor, writer)
1924: Willie B. Barrow born (minister, civil rights activist)
Quote for Today
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
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