On this day on 18th May
On this day in 1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine marries the future Henry II.
https://spartacus-educational.com/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine.htm
On this day in 1822 American photographer, Mathew Brady, is born.
https://spartacus-educational.com/USAPbrady.htm
On this day in 1832 Matthew Crabtree was interviewed about being a child in a factory.
https://spartacus-educational.com/IRcrabtree.htm
Edward Baines' book The History of the Cotton Manufacture (1835)
On this day in 1872 philosopher Bertrand Russell is born.
https://spartacus-educational.com/TUrussell.htm
On this day in 1893 Ida B. Wells gives speech on civil rights in the Deep South.
https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWwells.htm
On this day in 1908 Catherine Marshall writes about joining the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.
https://spartacus-educational.com/WmarshallCAT.htm
On this day in 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Tennessee Valley Authority.
https://spartacus-educational.com/USARtva.htm
On this day in 1955 civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune died.
https://spartacus-educational.com/USAbethune.htm
On this day in 1967 financial supporter of the WSPU, Henry Harben, died.
https://spartacus-educational.com/Wharben.htm
On this day in 1973 American politician Jeannette Rankin died.
https://spartacus-educational.com/USArankin.htm
On this day in 1980 Sylvia Henley died.
https://spartacus-educational.com/Sylvia_Henley.htm