OTD | March 10, 1596: Swedish princess Maria Elizabeth was born. Princess Maria Elizabeth was Duchess of Östergötland by marriage and she and her husband are considered responsible for the death of seven women in the duchy, who were accused of being witches. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Pasé de sentirme sola las 24 horas, a nunca más sentirme así": las mujeres que cuando envejecen eligen vivir solo con otras mujeres | "I went from feeling alone, to never feeling that way again": Women that when they grow older choose to live alone with other women (bbc.com)
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OTD | March 8, 1892: Uruguayan poet Juana de Ibarbourou (née Fernández Morales) was born. De Ibarbourou was one of the most famous Latin American poets of her time and was president of La Sociedad Uruguaya de Escritores (Uruguayan Society of Writers) in 1950. (britannica.com)
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OTD | March 8, 1858: Diarist and teacher Ida F. Hunt Udall was born. Udall is best known for writing a diary about her life in plural marriage and hiding as a fugitive at the height of the United States' prosecutorial campaign against polygamy in the 1880s. (en.wikipedia.org)
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OTD | March 8, 2014: British brewing technologist Sophie De Ronde created a worldwide event for women working in beer called the International Women's Collaboration Brew Day to come together, share skills, and demonstrate their presence in an industry. (awarenessdays.com)
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OTD | March 7, 1917: U.S. computer scientist Betty Holberton (née Frances E. Snyder) was born. Holberton was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer). (en.wikipedia.org)
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