1815: Eliza Burkans Farnham born (November 17, 1815 – December 15, 1864) was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform
1870: Winifred Holt (November 17, 1870 in New York – June 14, 1945 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) reformer and educator, working for the blind; daughter of publisher Henry Holt
1878: Grace Abbott (Nov. 17, 1878 – June 19, 1939, social worker)
Quote for Today
“The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.”
Eliza Farnham
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