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niyad

(113,336 posts)
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 07:50 PM Feb 2013

today in women's herstory

February 8
This Day in Women's History

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1587: Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded

1851: Kate Chopin born

1871: Lucy Minnigerode born

1911: Elizabeth Bishop born

1952: Elizabeth II formally declared Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith ( story)

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0208calendar.htm

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