Saturday, January 12, 2008

Today in History

Today in women's history:
  • Hattie Caraway from Arkansas became the first elected woman senator in 1932.
  • Agatha Christie, the famed British mystery novelist, died in 1976.
  • The U.S. Senate voted against the passage of the suffrage bill in 1912.
The Women's History Project
http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp

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