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today in women's herstory-3 may
May 3
This Day in Women's History
1825: Laura Towne born (educator, Sea Islands)
1866: George Madden Martin born (author - pen name for Mrs. Atwood R. Martin)
1869: Julia Arthur born (actress)
1879: Maud O'Farrell Swartz born (labor organizer - typographer; writer)
1898: Golda Meir born (Israeli prime minister)
1933: Nellie Tayloe Ross took office as the first female Director of the U.S. Mint, appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She continued as director of the Mint until 1953
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/05calendar/a/0503calendar.htm
