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today in women's herstory-13 may
May 13
This Day in Women's History
1847: Linda Gilbert born (prison reformer)
1850: Ellen Spencer Mussey born (lawyer, educator, reformer)
1943: Mary Wells born (Motown singer) (see another Mary Wells at May 25)
1995: Alison Hargreaves reaches the peak of Mount Everest unaided (without oxygen or sherpas) - the first woman and second person to do so
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/05calendar/a/0513calendar.htm