1806: Martha Coffin Pelham Wright born (reformer: suffrage; freethinker; sister of Lucretia Mott)
1821: Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton) born (Civil War nurse and organizer; relief worker; founder of the American Red Cross)
1833: Agnes Kelly Robertson born (actor)
1850: Isabella Valency Crawford born (poet)
1865: Fay Templeton born (actor)
1865: Evangeline Booth born (Salvation Army leader, daughter of founder William Booth)
1870: Rosa Luxembourg (revolutionary)
1870: Helena Rubinstein born (entrepreneur, businesswoman)
1876: Juliana Reiser Force born (secretary, museum director: Whitney Museum of American Art)
1911: Louise Bourgeois born (sculptor)
1952: Queen Elizabeth made her first Christmas speech by radio ( story and audio of entire radio broadcast)
1963: Elizabeth II, made this broadcast as her Christmas message in 1963 ( audio clip and story)
Quote for Today
Freedom for supporters of the government only, for the members of one party only -- no matter how big its membership may be -- is no freedom at all. Freedom is always freedom for the [one] who thinks differently.
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