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today in women's herstory
January 31
This Day in Women's History
1842: Elizabeth Tyler married in the White House
1881: Anna Pavlova born (dancer) (January 31 O.S., February 12 by the new calendar)
1902: Alva Myrdal born
1902: Tallulah Bankhead born
1923: Carol Channing born
1938: Beatrix Wilhelmina Argard born
1957: Elizabeth Taylor divorces #2 husband, Michael Wilding
2006: Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, retired
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/01calendar/a/0131calendar.htm