Lady Mary Wortley Montagu died today – 245 years ago

English writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born on May 26, 1689 in London, England. She said, “Nature has not placed us in an inferior rank to men, no more than the females of other animals, where we see no distinction of capacity, though I am persuaded if there was a commonwealth of rational horses... it would be an established maxim amongst them that a mare could not be taught to pace." [Yeap!]... Ms. Montagu died in 1762 in London, England.

U.S. educator and writer William Lyon Phelps was born on January 2, 1865 in New Haven, Connecticut. He said, “The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he may take refuge in profane soliloquies. If a woman, she may follow the example of one sweet-faced tranquil girl who went out in the yard and gnawed a post." [Oh, my!]... Mr. Phelps died in 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut.