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.
Margaret Sidney

Born: June 22, 1844
Died: August 2, 1924 (aged 80)
Bio: Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American writer Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop. In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death.
Known for:
- Five little Peppers and how they grew (1881)
- Five Little Peppers Midway (1890)
- Five Little Peppers Grown Up (1892)
- Five Little Peppers Abroad (1902)
- Phronsie Pepper (1897)