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today in women's herstory
1188: Blanche of Castile born
1773: Frances Slocum born
1781: Rebecca Gratz born
1815: Myrtilla Miner born
1847: Anna Elizabeth Broomall born
1875: Ellen Gertrude Emmett Rand born
1877: Mabel Gillespie born
1889: Pearl White born
1913: Marguerite Taos Amrouche born
1933: Frances Perkins' appointment as Secretary of Labor announced -- first woman to serve as a member of the U.S. President's Cabinet
1944: Fannie Barrier Williams died
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0304calendar.htm