| 02-06 TABLE of CONTENTS:
DATES, ANNIVERSARIES, and
EVENTS
QUOTE by
Voltaraine de Cleyre.
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02-06 DATES, ANNIVERSARIES, and
EVENTS
B. 02-06-1577 Beatrice Cenci, was one of the
first women publicly executed for killing her father to defend herself
from his violent rapes of her (incest). The euphemism used at her trial
was "grossly ill treated" by her father. The court acknowledged
the crime but said killing the father was worse.
B. 02-06-1665 Queen Ann, last British monarch
to have power to veto parliamentary legislation and did so. Overthrew
Whig government. Strong-minded ruler who suffered from a serious eating
disorder.
B. 02-06-1841, Pauline Agassiz Shaw, initiated
the kindergarten movement in the eastern part of U.S., later opened
day nurseries after recognizing the needs of working mothers.
B. 02-06-1879 Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton
Gerould, author. Many of her short stories are anthologized and then
critiqued they are said to have been influenced by every male writer of
the times.
B. 02-06-1912, Eva Braun, mistress, then wife,
of Adolph Hitler. Murdered by Hitler in the last days of the Third
Reich just before he committed suicide to avoid being captured by the Russians.
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QUOTES DU JOUR
De CLEYRE, VOLTARAINE:
In a letter to her mother
Voltaraine wrote,
"Every individual
should have room or rooms for himself [sic] exclusively ... a 'closet'
where each could 'pray in secret' without some persons who love him assuming
the right to walk in and do as they please. And do you know how I was pleased
beyond measure the other day to find that William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft
taught and as far as possible practiced the same thing, just 100 years
ago."
-- Voltaraine de Cleyre (1866-1912)
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