Quote of the day
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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)