

On Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time was almost not published because according to its author, it “dealt overtly with the problem of evil, and it was really...

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Sep 16, 20221 min read


Late Bloomer, not once, but twice | Eugenia Lovett West
Eugenia Lovett West was born in February 1923. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College amidst WWII and took jobs with Harper’s Bazaar...

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Aug 31, 20221 min read


Late Bloomer | Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) knew at age twenty that she would die from the same inherited polycystic kidney disease as her father did when...

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Aug 2, 20221 min read


Late Bloomer | Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter grew up isolated from other children since upper-middle-class girls did not attend school. Governesses privately...

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Jul 21, 20222 min read



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Jul 18, 20220 min read


Late Bloomer|Sassy Senior: Mary Wesley
Late Bloomer | Sassy Senior | Mary Wesley (1912-2002)

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Jul 14, 20221 min read



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Jul 11, 20220 min read


From #CronesRock to #GirlPower
The myth of the Three-Part Goddess has many sources and traditions, many associated with the phases of the moons or changing of seasons....

Susan Stoderl
Jun 28, 20222 min read