Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Born: July 11, 1938 (age 86)
Bio: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is an American historian of early America and the history of women and a professor at Harvard University.
Known for:
- A Midwife's Tale (1990)
- Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History (2007)
- The age of homespun (2001)
- Good wives (1982)