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today in women's herstory
March 1
This Day in Women's History
Ancient Rome: celebration of the Matronalia Festival, a feast of Juno
Also in Rome: annual Temple of Vesta ritual: put out the fire and then relight it
1844: Lillian M. N. Stevens born
1872: Bertha Haven Putman born
1926: Marietta Holley died
sometime in March, 1841: Marion Marsh Todd born
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0301calendar.htm