APRIL 28: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

ElENA Kagan

Elena Kagan, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, is the Court's fourth woman justice. She was born today in 1960.

Harper Lee

Nelle Harper Lee, better known by her pen name Harper Lee, was an American novelist widely known for writing To Kill a Mockingbird. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. She was born today in 1926.

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