today in women's herstory-2 march

[niyad]

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&quot

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&quot

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)


http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0302calendar.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2

http://www.historyorb.com/events/march/2

[libodem]

1. Thanks for all you do!

[niyad]

2. you are most welcome. it is my pleasure.