Quote of the day
They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
Katherine Lee Bates

Born: August 12, 1859
Died: March 28, 1929 (aged 69)
Bio: Katharine Lee Bates was an American songwriter. She is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". She popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus" through her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride.
Known for:
- America the Beautiful (1911)
- Yellow Clover (1922)
- The English Religious Drama (1893)
- The Retinue, and Other Poems
- Sigurd Our Golden Collie (1919)






