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OCTOBER BIRTHDATE CALENDAR

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JULIE ANDREWS-1935-SINGER, ACTRESS, SOCIAL ACTIVIST FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

ANNIE BESANT (1847-1933) SOCIAL REFORMER, THEOSOPHIST, INDIAN INDEPENDENCE LEADER

STELLA STEVENS-1936-ACTRESS

FAITH BALDWIN (1893-1978)-NOVELIST

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JOSEPHINE "MAMA JO" RILEY MATTHEWS-1897-FAMED MIDWIFE IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA, HAS DELIVERED THOUSANDS OF BABIES.

ANGELES ALVARINO DeLEIRA-1916-BIOLOGIST, OCEANOGRAPHER, WRITER

GERTRUGE BERG (1899-1966) COMEDIC ACTRESS

4

HATTIE McDANIEL (1895-1952) ACTRESS. FIRST BLACK TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD.

PATTI LaBELLE-1944-SINGER

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GLYNIS JOHNS-1923-ACTRESS

YVONNE BRAITWAITE BURKE-1932-LAWYER, CONGRESSWOMAN, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

AUTHERINE LUCY-1929-FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO ENROLL IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT TUSCALOOSA, BREAKING COLOR BARRIER

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GLORIA LANE-1932-EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AUTHOR. FOUNDER, WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND LIVING LEGACY AWARDS

ANNE BASHKIROFF-ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ACTIVIST-LLA 1987

SHANA ALEXANDER-1925-JOURNALIST, AUTHOR

JANET GAYNOR-1906-ACTRESS

STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST-1956-ACTRESS

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JUNE ALLYSON-1923-ACTRESS

SPRING BYINGTON (1893-1971) ACTRESS

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SIGOURNEY WEAVER-1949-ACTRESS

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AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON (1890-1944) RELIGIOUS LEADER. MOST FAMOUS EVANGELIST OF HER DAY. FOUNDED INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, BUILT

ANGELUS TEMPLE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HARRIET HOSMER (1830-1908) SCULPTOR

HELENE DEUTSCH [Nee ROSENBACH] (1884-?) PSYCHOANALYST. GRANDE DAME OF BOSTON PSYCHOANALYSTS.

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HELEN HAYES-1900-ACTRESS-"FIRST LADY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER", HUMANITAIAN,

LLA, 1985

PRICILLA L. WILLIAMS (1897-1987) SOCIAL ACTIVIST, HUMANITARIAN

TANYA TUCKER-1958-SINGER

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962) WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST-"FIRST LADY

OF THE WORLD". UN DELGATE, CHAIR COMMISSION ON HUMAN TIGHTS. TRIBUTE TO

GREATNESS, LLA, 1986.

12

JEAN NIDETCH-1923-NUTRITIONIST. FOUNDED "WEIGHT WATCHERS"

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LADY JANE GREY (1537-1554) QUEEN OF ENGLAND FOR 9 DAYS

LARAINE DAY-1920-ACTRESS

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HANNAH ARENDT (1906-1975) POLITICAL SCIENTIST, PHILOSOPHER, WRITER

LILLIAN GISH (1896-?) EARLY FILM ACTRESS

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HELEN HUNT JACKSON (1830-85) NOVELIST, POET, ESSAYIST. INDIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST.

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SARAH WINNEMUCCA (c. 1844-DIED THIS DATE, 1891) INDIAN SCOUT

ANGELA LANSBURY-1925-ACTRESS

LORRAINE SWEENY-1925-COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST. BD. MEM. WIC

SUZANNE SOMERS-1946-ACTRESS, ENTERTAINER

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MILDRED KNOPF-1898-1991 CIVIC CONTRIBUTOR, COOKBOOK WRITER. LIVING LEGACY AWARD, 1990=presented by ANGELA LANSBURY

RITA HAYWORTH (1918-1987) ACTRESS, DANCER, SINGER

JEAN ARTHUR-1905-ACTRESS

PRICILLA LANFORD BUCKLY-1921-EDITOR, COLUMNIST-NATIONAL REVIEW

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MELINA MERCOURI-1925-ACTRESS, FORMER GREEK CULTURAL MINISTER, ILA-LLA 1991

FANNIE HURST (1889-1968)-NOVELIST

ISABEL E. ALLEN-1948-BIOSTATICIAN

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ANNIE S. PECK (1850-1935) MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, EXPLORER AND DIPLOMAT

JOHNETTA BETSCH COLE-1936-EDUCATOR. PRESIDENT, SPELLMAN COLLEGE,

GEORGIA MONTGOMERY DAVIS POWERS-POLITICIAN. FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO KENTUCKY SENATE

20

ARLENE FRANCIS-1908-ACTRESS, TELEVISION PERSONALITY

21

RAMABAI DONGRE' MEDHAVI (1858-1922) SOCIAL REFORMER. SAVED THOUSANDS OF SONLESS WIDOWS IN INDIA.

URSULA LeGUIN-1929-WRITER

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HENRIETTE WYETH-1907-ARTIST. OFTEN CALLED "FIRST LADY OF AMERICAN ART". LLA 1990=PRESENTED BY HELEN HAYES

SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923) CLASSIC ACTRESS

JOAN FONTAINE-1917-ACTRESS

CATHERINE DENEUVE-1943-ACTRESS, MODEL

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GERTRUDE EDERLE-1906-FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

SARAH HALE (1788-1879) RELIGIOUS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE. FOUNDED SEAMAN'S AID SOCIETY OF BOSTON, 1833.

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BELVA BENNETT LOCKWOOD (1830-1917) ATTORNEY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CRUSADER. CAUSED US CONGRESS TO ALLOW WOMEN ATTORNEYS TO PLEAD BEFORE US SUPREME

COURT. FIRST WOMAN TO DO SO. CAUSED EQUAL PAY TO WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT.

25

HELEN REDDY-1941-SINGER, SONGWRITER-"I AM WOMAN"

MINNIE PEARL-1912-COMEDIENNE

MARION ROSS-1928-ACTRESS

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GEORGETTE AMOWITZ-1929-CHOREOGRAPHER, EDUCATOR

JACLYN SMITH-1948-ACTRESS

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MARLENE DIETRICH-1901-ACTRESS, ENTERTAINER

NANETTE FABRAY-1920-SINGER, ACTRESS, ADVOCATE F0R THE DEAF

RUBY DEE-1927-ACTRESS, DANCER

THERESA WRIGHT-1918-ACTRESS

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JANE ALEXANDER-1939-ACTRESS, PRODUCER, WRITER, PEACE ACTIVIST. JEHAN SADAT PEACE AWARD, LIVING LEGACY AWARDS, 1988

29

FANNY BRICE (1891-1951) SINGER, COMEDIENNE, RADIO STAR IN THE 30'S

MAHALIA JACKSON (1911-1964) FAMED GOSPEL SINGER

KATE JACKSON-1948-ACTRESS

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RUTH GORDON (1896-1988) ACTRESS, AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER

RUTH HUSSEY-1917-ACTRESS

GRACE SLICK-1939-ACTRESS

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JULIETTE GORDON LOW (1860-1927) ACTIVIST. FOUNDER, GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA

JANE PAULEY-1950-TELEVISION JOURNALIST

BARBARA BEL GEDDES-1922-ACTRESS

DALE EVANS-1912-ACTRESS, HUMANITARIAN