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today in women's herstory
March 31
This Day in Women's History
1492: Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue edict expelling Jews from Spain
1776: Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams: "If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation."
1823: Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut born
1833: Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton) born
1855: Charlotte Brontë died of pregnancy complications
1856: Mary Sherwood born
1889: Muriel Hazel Wright born
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0331calendar.htm