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today in women's herstory
March 9
This Day in Women's History
1820: Maria Monroe (daughter of President James Monroe and First Lady Elizabeth Kortright) married in the White House
1928: Graciela Olivarez born
1931: Ida B. Wells-Barnett died
1936: Glenda Jackson born
1945: Carrie Chapman Catt died
1967: Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Joseph Stalin, defected to the West ( story)
1976: West Point Military Academy accepts its first female cadet
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0309calendar.htm
