Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Mary Ritter Beard
Born: August 5, 1876
Died: August 14, 1958 (aged 82)
Known for:
- SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
- The Rise of American Civilization (1927)
- Making Women's History
- A woman making history
- Pompeii