This Day in History Class

The "Gerry-mander" was born / Elsa Brändström born - March 26


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On this day in 1812, a headline in the Boston Gazette read "The Gerry-mander", accompanied by a satirical illustration of the district that Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry lived in. / On this day in 1888, Swedish nurse Elsa Brändström was born in St. Petersburg.

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