Good Morning! It is Saturday, April 25. On this day in 1917, Ella Fitzgerald was born. She was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song" & "Queen of Jazz" . She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing & intonation. #Herstory
Good Morning! It is Friday, April 24. On this day in 1896, Madge Easton Anderson was born. She was a Scottish lawyer. She was the first woman admitted to practice as a professional lawyer in the UK when, in 1920, she qualified as a solicitor in Scotland. #Herstory
Good Morning! It is Thur, April 23. On this day in 1858, Pandita Ramabai was born. She was an Indian social reformer. She opened the Home of Learning center in 1889 in Bombay, offering widowed girls a refuge where they could study and learn skills like gardening & carpentry. #Herstory
Good Morning! It is Wed. Apr 22. On this day in 1909 Rita Levi-Montalcini was born. She was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor #Herstory
Good Morning! On this day, (Tuesday) April 21 in 1896 Geertruida Wijsmuller was born. She was a Dutch resistance fighter who brought Jewish children and adults into safety before and during the Second World War. She saved the lives of more than 10,000 Jewish children. #Herstory
Good Morning! On this day, (Monday) April 20 in 1923, Irene Lieblich was born. She was a Polish-born artist and Holocaust survivor noted for illustrating the books of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer and for her paintings highlighting Jewish life and culture. #Herstory
Good Morning! On this day, (Sun) April 19 in 1806, Sarah George Bagley was born. She was an American labor leader in New England during the 1840s; an advocate of shorter workdays for factory operatives and mechanics, she campaigned to make ten hours of labor per day the max in MA. #Herstory
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Good Morning! On this day, (Saturday) April 18 in 1874 Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić was born. She was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. #Herstory
Good Morning! On this day, (Friday) April 17 in 1915 Regina Ghazaryan was born. She was an Armenian painter and public figure. Known as a friend and benefactor of Yeghishe Charents, she is credited with saving many of the poet's manuscripts during the regime of Joseph Stalin. #Herstory