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niyad

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Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:55 PM Feb 2013

today in women's herstory


February 16
This Day in Women's History


1883: Ladies Home Journal published first issue

1893: Katharine Cornell born (actress)

1900: Mary Switzer born

1943: Mildred Hamack executed - the only American woman executed for anti-Nazi underground activity in World War II Germany

1982: Agatha Barbara elected President of Malta.



http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0216calendar.htm
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