Mary Ashton Livermore died today – 102 years ago

Mary Ashton Livermore, U.S. journalist and advocate of women’s rights, was born as Mary Ashton Rice on December 19, 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts. According to http://www.born-today.com, she said, “Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts.' probably lost." I think she was on to something there. According to http://thinkexist.com, she also said, “Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.”

Ms. Livermore died on May 23, 1905 in Melrose, Massachusetts.

P.S. Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen, born on March 20, 1828, died in 1906... U.S. businessman John D. Rockefeller, Sr., born on July 8, 1839, died in 1937... U.S.
sculptor David Smith, born on March 9, 1906, died in 1965... U.S. writer Lew Welch, born on August 16, 1926, died in 1971. According to http://www.born-today.com, Mr. Welch said, "You can't fix it. You can't make it go away. I don't know what you're going to do about it, but I know what I'm going to do about it. I'm just going to walk away from it. Maybe a small part of it will die if I'm not around feeding it anymore." Wonder about what he was talking? (Eliminating those dangling participles just sounds strange, doesn’t it?) ... U.S. comedienne Moms Mabley, born on March 19, 1894, died in 1975... U.S. actor George Jessel, born on April 3, 1898, died in 1981... U.S. Representative (from Texas) Lloyd Bentsen, born on February 11, 1921, died in 2006.