[PEN-L:4882] Walpurgisnacht!

["Dale Wharton" <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Happy night before May Day!

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04-30 -1995 -  Episode 275 - Women of Achievement and Herstory

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04-30 Anniversaries ...............................................
      Event 04-30 Walpurgis Night, One of the cross Quarter Days.
The others are Feb. 2, Oct. 31 and Aug. 1 and are considered sacred
days by the followers of the "old religion," or the "craft," who are
sometimes called witches.
      B. 04-30-1879, Alice B. Toklas*, life-partner of Gertrude Stein,
published Stein's letters, wrote 2 cookbooks.
      B. 04-30-1898, Katharine A. Towle was first woman dean of
students at University of California at Berkeley and first director of
the Women's Marine Corps between 1948 and 1953.
      B. 04-30-1912, Eve Arden, best remembered as Miss Brooks in
the television series _Our Miss Brooks_ which netted her Emmy
awards. She was also nominated for a supporting role Academy Award
for one of her many "best friend's" role in _Mildred Pierce_ (1945).
      B. 04-30-1926, Cloris Leachman, actor nominated for Academy
Award for her work in _The Last Picture Show_ (1971).  Very popular
comedic actor on TV.
      B. 04-30-1939, Ellen Taaffee Zwilich, classical composer, first
woman to receive Pulitzer Prize for Music, first woman to obtain a
doctorate at Juillard.  "There's no reason on earth why women can't
write music.  If so-called serious music has been the province of
western white males, this tells you more about politics and society
than it tells you about the nature of music."
      B. 04-30-1945, Anne Dillard, winner of 1974 Pulitzer Prize for
_Pilgrim at Tinker Creek_.
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