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today in women's herstory
1548: Catherine Parr died (wife of Henry VIII) (or September 7?)
1867: Amy Cheney Beach (Mrs. H. H. Beach) born (composer)
1892: Irene Lewisohn born (philanthropist, social worker: Henry Street Settlement)
1898: Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye died (Civil War nurse, soldier and spy)
1997: Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) died in Calcutta (headed order of nuns, internationally famous for her charity work)
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/09calendar/a/0905calendar.htm
