1820: Mary Rice Livermore born (reformer)
1829: Jane Cunningham Croly born (journalist, clubwoman, Sorosis founder)
1829: Ada Howard born (educator)
1836: Maria Louise Sanford born (educator)
1848: Emily Brontë died (writer, used name Ellis Bell)
1868: Eleanor Hodgman Porter born (writer)
1906: Esther Peterson born (labor organizer, public official)
Quote for Today
Know the ship you sail on. Know its timbers. Deep the fjord waters where you sail, steep the cliffs, deep into the unknown coast goes the winding fjord.
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