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today in women's herstory
January 20
This Day in Women's History
1820: Anne Jemima Clough born (British feminist)
1856: Harriot Stanton Blatch born (suffragist)
1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton testified before Congress, the first woman to do so
1878: Ruth St Denis born
1879: Mary Cornelia Barker born (educator)
1891: Lili'uokalani became Queen of Hawaii
1892 (or 1893): Bessie Coleman born (aviator)
1910: Joy Adamson born
1924: Yvonne Loriod born
1940: Carol Heiss born
1993: Maya Angelou delivers poem at inauguration of President Bill Clinton (audio)
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/01calendar/a/0120calendar.htm
