1694: Mary II of Great Britain died
1722 (?): Elizabeth (Eliza) Pinckney born (plantation manager, inventor; sons Charles and Thomas were American Revolutionary soldiers and politicians)
1725: Henrietta Zinzendorf von Watteville born (teacher, helped establish Moravian Seminary and College for Women in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
1789: Catharine Sedgwick born (writer)
1816: Elizabeth Ware Packard born (reeformer: married women's rights, rights of the mentally ill)
1860: Jane Robbins born (social worker, physician)
1961: Edith Wilson died (First Lady: during Woodrow Wilson's recovery from a stroke, 1919-1921, she worked closely with him and his presidential advisors to see that presidential duties were performed)
Quote for Today
A bird does not sing because he has an answer. He sings because he has a song.
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