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today in women's herstory-9 april
April 9
This Day in Women's History
1483: King Edward IV died, leaving his wife, Elizabeth Woodville, without the ability to protect her son Edward's claim to the throne.
1484: Edward, Prince of Wales, the only son of Richard III and Anne Neville, died, leaving Richard without any sons (or daughters) as heirs.
1827: Maria Susanna Cummins born
1837: Lucy Ellen Sewall born (April 9?)
1876: Dorothy Ann Hahn born
1888: Florence Beatrice Smith Price born
1939: Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in a free concert on Easter Sunday, after the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) refused her permission to sing at Constitution Hall. Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR in protest.
1992: March for Women's Lives held
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/04calendar/a/0409calendar.htm
