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of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

October 15, 2012

October 15, 1917

Margaretha  Zelle  (August 7, 1876 to October 15, 1917) was born in Leeuwarden (Netherlands). After an unhappy marriage, she was faced with supporting herself, and like many many women may have taken money for what should be just shared. Or not shared: like information about enemy combatants. Like many many many, women, her moral antennae were first tuned to hormones. Poor Mata Hari, this really still does not explain why she was shot by a firing squad. "One of her prosecutors later admitted, 'There wasn't enough evidence ...to flog a cat'."
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