BOTD: FLORENCE LAWRENCE (Jan. 2, 1886)

𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍'𝚜 "𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛," 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟾𝟾𝟼. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟻𝟹 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚢 𝙼𝚌𝙳𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 "𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗" 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 "𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚎." 𝚂𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎: "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑 𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕," 𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍'𝚜 "𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙶𝚒𝚛𝚕," 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜," 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛." 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝙵𝙻𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝙻𝙰𝚆𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 - 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝙼𝙾𝚅𝙸𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚗𝚘. 𝟷𝟿).

DEATHIVERSARY: FLORENCE LAWRENCE (Dec. 28, 1938)

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