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niyad

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Thu Feb 21, 2013, 03:43 PM Feb 2013

today in women's herstory


February 21
This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide

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1431: Joan of Arc's trial began

1824: Mother Angela Gillespie born

1845: Emma Thusby born

1846: Sarah Bagley becomes the first woman telegraph operator.

1855: Alice Freeman Palmer born

1903: Anaïs Nin born

1919: Mary Edwards Walker died

1927: Erma Bombeck born

1933: Nina Simone born (singer)

1936: Barbara Jordan born

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0221calendar.htm
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