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by **Paul** Mon 13 Mar 2023, 9:04 am

This Day in History: March 13

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The planet Uranus discovered

English astronomer William Herschel observed this day in 1781 the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus—first described by him as “a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet” and named for the father of the god Saturn.

by **Paul** Mon 13 Mar 2023, 9:07 am

Susan B. Anthony

American suffragist

Susan B. Anthony, in full Susan Brownell Anthony, (born February 15, 1820, Adams, Massachusetts, U.S.—died March 13, 1906, Rochester, New York), American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. Anthony was reared in the Quaker tradition in a home pervaded by a tone of independence and moral zeal. She was a precocious child and learned to read and write at the age ...(100 of 991 words)

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