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today in women's herstory
February 2
This Day in Women's History
962: Saint Adelaide crowned empress of the Holy Roman Empire with her husband, Otto I
1141: King Stephen of England was captured by forces loyal to his cousin, Empress Matilda (Maud), daughter of Henry I who named her his heir and made his barons swear fealty to her
1650: Nell Gwyn born (actress, mistress of Charles II)
1811: Delia Salter Bacon born
1841: Sarah Ann Hackett Stevenson born
1881?: Anne Bauchens born
1905: Ayn Rand born
1909: Simone Weil born
1957: Elizabeth Taylor married Mike Todd
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0202calendar.htm
