today in women's herstory
October 7
This Day in Women's History
1789: Women's March on Versailles culminated
(?) 1833 (1836?): Margaret Fox born (spiritualist)
1836: Mary Dana Hicks Prang born (art educator, kindergarten pioneer, reformer: peace)
1866: Martha McChesney Berry born (educator)
1907: Helen MacInnes born (writer)
1957: Jayne Torvill born (ice skater, ice dancing Olympic medalist)
1985: Lynette Woodard selected as first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. Woodard was captain of the US Olympic women's basketball team that won a gold medal in 1984.
1991: At a press conference she called, Anita Hill publicly accused Clarence Thomas, nominee for Supreme Court Justice, of sexual harassment -- inappropriate and unwelcome sexual comments -- while she worked for him at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/10calendar/a/1007calendar.htm