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Sappho

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

"I knew someone had to take the first step,
and I made up my mind not to move."
~Rosa Parks

Born this day in 1806, Maria Weston Chapman,
founder of the "Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society."
Viewing slavery as a direct violation of the Law of
God. This point being made, because their UU
Church frowned upon their activities to the point
that at their meeting a mob of '5,000" gathered
outside the Church.

Born this day in 1840, the founder of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, Flora Adams Darling.

"A Chorous Line" premiered this day in 1975.

Louise Brown born this day in 1978- the first test
tube baby.

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