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(WOMENSENEWS)--Every movement develops symbols and rituals that create a recognizable group identity and rally its members. For the 19th century women's rights movement, the celebration of Susan B. Anthony's birthday became such an event; beyond paying homage to a beloved leader, Anthony's "birthday parties" were also political moments.

Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She is married to English sound engineer Mark Hawley, and they have one daughter together, Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley, born on September 5, 2000. Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and is noteworthy as one of the few modern pop music stars to use a Bösendorfer piano as her primary instrument. She is known for lyrically opaque but emotionally intense songs that tackle a wide range of subjects, including sexuality, religion, patria...