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Monday, July 24, 2006

"Pioneers may be picturesque figures,
but they are often rather lonely ones."
~Nancy Astor

Mary Margaret Bartelme,born this day in 1866,
a suffragist, lawyer,and judge; she worked
for the issues of female delinquency.

Amelia Earhart, born this day in 1898; was the
first woman to receive a pilot's license for the FAI.
She was lost to the world on July 2, 1937 en route
from Lae, New Guinea to Hawland Island.

Zelda Fitzgerald was born this day in 1900. Married
to F. Scott Fitzgerald, they set the roaring twenties
on fire. The quintestial flapper; Zelda struggled to
make her mark in the arts as an author, ballerina,
and painter.