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today in women's herstory
April 1
1204: Eleanor of Aquitaine died
1776: Sophie Germain born (French mathematician and number theorist)
1818: Maria Mitchell born (first female professional astronomer in the United States)
1855: Agnes Repplier born
1866: Sophonisba Preston Breckenridge born
1877: Aurelia Isabel Henry Reinhardt born (president of Mills College)
1884: Florence A. Blanchfield born
1884: Laurette Taylor born
1965: Helena Rubinstein died
1991: Martha Graham died
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/04calendar/a/0401calendar.htm
