today in women's herstory

[niyad]

February 13
This Day in Women's History



1457: Mary of Burgundy born

1539: Isabella d'Este died (Renaissance arts patron)

1542: Catherine Howard beheaded (wife of Henry VIII of England)

1698: William and Mary proclaimed rulers of England

1815: Anna Sartorius Uhl Ottendorfer born

1825: Julia Ripley Dorr born

1827: Sister Julia McGroarty born

1870: Esther Morris became a Justice of the Peace - first woman to hold that position in the U.S.

1885: Bess Truman born (First Lady)

1894: Mary Lucinda Cardwell Dawson born

1918: Patricia Jane Berg born

1906: Pauline Frederick Robbins born (journalist)

1933: Kim Novak born (actress)

1943: Elaine Pagels born (Biblical scholar)

1959: Barbie Doll went on sale for the first time

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0213calendar.htm

[DURHAM D]

1. Not sure how I feel about that 1959 event.

[niyad]

2. I know what you mean. not exactly something about which to cheer