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Today in history: Irish playwright Sean O’Casey is born
March 30, 2015After the Easter Rising of 1916, an armed insurrection mounted by Irish republicans, O'Casey was inspired to write.
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Today in women’s history: Remembering jazz singer Sarah Vaughan
March 27, 2015Sarah Vaughan was renowned for her melodic improvising, wide vocal range and extraordinary technique.
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Today in women’s history: Sandra Day O’Connor is FWOTSC
March 26, 2015First Woman On The Supreme Court was born on March 26, 1930.
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Report refutes Emanuel’s austerity agenda for Chicago
March 26, 2015Proposals for getting Chicago's finances back on track without unconstitutional grabs at retiree pensions, cuts to vital services, and toxic bank fees.
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Mixed results in Salvador vote: Big win for FMLN in capital
March 26, 2015Those familiar with the process attribute delays to the complexity of the ballots and a new system of voting and weighing votes.
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Today in women’s and labor history: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
March 25, 2015A total of 146 workers - almost all of them immigrant women - were killed in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
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Today in women’s history: Happy birthday Dorothy Height
March 24, 2015Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Today in history: First openly gay candidate runs for Congress
March 23, 2015Frank Kameny ran for U.S. Congress on this date in 1971, albeit for a non-voting seat representing the District of Columbia.
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