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today in women's herstory
March 21
This Day in Women's History
1470/74: Angela Merici born (founded Ursuline order, canonized May 24, 1807)
1617: Pocahontas (Mataoka) buried (born about 1595, dies March 1617)
1857: Alice Henry born (author: The Trade Union Woman)
1866: Antonia Maury born
1905: Phyllis McGinley born
1943: Cornelia Ford, military pilot, died when another plane on the same air ferry mission clipped her plane's wing, crashing her plane.
1969: Radical Redstockings organized a public hearing on abortion, called an abortion speak-out, to air women's views on abortion
1972: Equal Rights Amendment sent by Congress to the States for ratification
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/03calendar/a/0321calendar.htm
