999: Adelaide died in Seltz, Alsace (ruler of Holy Roman Empire as regent for her grandson, Otto III)
1485: Catherine of Aragon born (first wife of Henry VIII of England, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabel of Castile and Aragon, mother of Mary I of England)
1843: Josephine Shaw Lowell born (reformer)
1844: Fanny Garrison Villard born (pacifist, suffragist, philanthropist; daughter of William Lloyd Garrison; helped establish Barnard College, Radcliffe College and Hampton Institute, Virginia)
1901: Margaret Mead born (anthropologist)
Feast Day of Saint Adelaide
Quote for Today
Our myths can imprison as well as inspire us. When they no longer reflect our deepest sense of who we are and who we can be, it is up to us to transform them by living our new vision, and sharing it with others.
— Deborah Koff-Chapin
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