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March 2
This Day in Women's History
1316 Marjorie Bruce, Scottish daughter of Robert the Bruce (b. 1296)
1619 Anne of Denmark (b. 1574)
1803: Mary Frances Clarke born (founder, sisters of charity)
1831: Metta Victoria Fuller Victor born (wrote one of the first detective novels in US)
1860 - Susanna M. Salter, 1st American female mayor and temperance leader (d. 1961)
1861: Lucy Whitehead McGill Waterbury Peabody born (prohibitionist, missionary, world outreach)
1866: Eleanor Laura McMain born (settlement house movement, "jane addams of new orleans"
1873: Inez Haynes Irwin born (feminist, suffragist, journalist, member national women's party)
1882 Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
1895: Berthe Morisot died (Impressionists. She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt)
1900 Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (d. 1969)
1910 - Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector
1913 - Marjorie Weaver, Crossville Tennessee, actress (Young Mr Lincoln)
1915 - Lona Andre, actress (Case of Baby Sitter)
1916 - Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician (PvdA)
1916 - Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
1919 Jennifer Jones, American actress (d. 2009)
1919 Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
1930 Pat Arrowsmith, British author and peace campaigner
1930 Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
1934 Dottie Rambo, American singer-songwriter (The Rambos) (d. 2008)
1939 BarBara Luna, American actress
1943 - Rosa DeLauro, (Rep-D-Connecticut)
1944 - Katherine Crawford, actress (Captains & Kings, Gemini Man)
1945 Emily Carr, Canadian painter (b. 1871)
1949: Sarojini Naidu died (poet, indian independence activist, governor, "nightingale of india"
1949 Naomi James, New Zealand yachtswoman
1949 Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer
1950 Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
1952 Laraine Newman, American actress
1958 Grace Kennedy, Jamaican singer, television presenter and businesswoman
1960 Debra Marshall, American wrestler, manager, and actress
1961 Simone Young, Australian conductor
1971 Lisa Lackey, Australian actress
1971 - Amber Smith, Tampa Fl, actress (Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces)
1974 Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
1984 Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
1974 Monika Niederstätter, Italian hurdler
1974 - Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 41
1977 - Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award
1979 - Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets), dies at 71
1991 Mary Howard, English author (b. 1907)
1992 Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
1994 Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)
1999 Dusty Springfield, English singer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (b. 1939)
2004 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2004 - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2
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today in women's herstory-2 march (Original Post)
niyad
Mar 2014
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libodem
(19,288 posts)1. Thanks for all you do!
niyad
(112,434 posts)2. you are most welcome. it is my pleasure.