1626: Christina of Sweden (Kristina) born (sources have conflicting dates)
1760: Deborah Sampson born (fought in the American Revolution as Robert Shurtleff, later received a full soldier's pension)
1853: Harriet Taylor Upton born (writer, reformer: suffrage, Republican Party leader)
Quote for Today
Not out of right practice comes right thinking, but out of right thinking comes right practice. It matters enormously what you think. If you think falsely, you will act mistakenly; if you think basely, your conduct will suit your thinking.
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