Today in history

January 28

1908
Author and activist Julia Ward Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

1993
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that the U.S. military’s policy against homosexuals was unconstitutional because it was “based on cultural myths and false stereotypes.”

1995
Over 100 Soldiers’ Mothers Committee members go to a Russian army training camp to reclaim their sons from the Army. Since it’s founding in 1989 the Soldiers’ Mothers Committee has worked to expose human rights violations within the Russian military and has consistently supported a true alternative service option for conscientious objectors.

Soldiers’ Mothers Committee members