1767: Phillis Wheatley published her first poem in the Newport, Rhode Island, Mercury
1829: Laura Bridgman born (first blind deaf-mute person to be taught successfully)
1830: Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune born (writer)
1860: Henrietta Szold born (founder of Hadassah, rescuer of Jewish children from the Nazis)
1872: Helen Mears born (sculptor)
1874: Gertrude Lane born (editor: Woman's Home Companion)
1886: Maria Cadilla de Martinez born (poet)
1892: Rebecca West (writer)
1937: Jane Fonda born (actor, businesswoman)
1954: Chris Evert born (tennis player)
1959: Florence Griffith Joyner born (Olympic champion, track and field)
Quote for Today
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
-- Helen Keller
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