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today in women's herstory
March 8
This Day in Women's History
International Women's Day
1702: Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, ascended to the British throne
1783: Hannah Hoes Van Buren born
1824: Emily Elizabeth Parsons born
1828: Catherine Lorillard Wolfe born
1856: Mary Wright Plummer born
1857: women workers in New York City strike for higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions
1886: Alice Throckmorton McLean born
1923: Lydia Rapoport born
1943: Lynn Redgrave-Clark born
1945: Phyliss M Daley sworn in as navy ensign, the first black nurse to achieve that office
1945: first celebration of International Women's Day as such
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0308calendar.htm