Thursday, April 28, 2011

DAY, DOROTHY Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement (c) By Polly Guerin

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Throughout Dorothy Day’s life she searched for a purpose in life and found it in the social reform movement in the 1930s. Day worked closel...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

RAND, AYN of Atlas Shrugged Fame (c) By Polly Guerin

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The firs time I saw the movie Fountainhead, a modern epic of gigantic proportions both by content and visual presentation, I was captivated ...
Saturday, April 9, 2011

ARDEN, ELIZABETH Cosmetic Empire Visionary (c) By Polly Guerin

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An invitation to Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door on New York’s Fifth Avenue was my introduction to the pampered world of a luxurious spa and cos...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

BEACH, Amy Marcy Cheney Foremost Female Composer (c) By Polly Guerin

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There are children who come into the world with a talent so extraordinary at such an early age that they are recognized as a child prodigy....
Thursday, March 24, 2011

HOLT, Winifred and Edith, LIGHTING THE WAY (c) by Polly Guerin

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When you are the daughters of the renowned publisher, Henry Holt, the Misses Winifred and Edith Holt might just as well have carried on as ...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

HORNE, LENA Elegant Chanteuse (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Lena Horne: I never dreamt that I would meet you, the elegant chanteuse-entertainer, on the stage of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. B...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

GUGGENHEIM, PEGGY ART COLLECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Peggy: I first saw your extraordinary art collection at the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal in Venice when I took twenty c...
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