today in women's herstory

1476: Louise of Savoy born (religious writer, education patron)

1806: Juliette Magill Kinzie born (writer, Chicago pioneer, social leader: wrote history, Native American legends)

1847: Mary Whitney born (astronomer)

1850: Mary Clyens Lease born (reformer)

1850: first U.S. concert of Jenny Lind (known as the Swedish nightingale)

1877: Rosika Schwimmer born (reformer, writer)

1954: Miss America pageant broadcast on television for the first time

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