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Read more: Jane Goodall at 84Jane Goodall, age 84, spends 300 days a year traveling around the world speaking to people and encouraging them to help save chimpanzees and the…
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Read more: A brave womanIt was Dolly Madison, whose husband was president from 1809-1817, who hurriedly left the White House when British soldiers marched into Washington during the War…
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Read more: Working for peaceAfter Franklin Roosevelt, president during World War II, died, his wife Eleanor was appointed special delegate to the United Nations. “It isn’t enough to talk…
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Read more: A “man’s field”Lou Hoover, whose husband was president from 1929-1933, was the first woman to graduate from Stanford with a degree in the “man’s field” of geology.…
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Read more: A woman’s mindLucy Hayes, whose husband was president of the United States from 1877-1881, was the first presidential spouse to earn a college degree. She was hailed…
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Read more: Happy Easter!Happy spring! Happy Easter! “Earth’s crammed with heaven,” Elizabeth Barrett Browning once said.
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Read more: Fresh air and sunshineWhen we went to the Dallas Arboretum last week with our friends Sally and Charlie, Sally said, “Let’s go again next week.” So, we’re going…
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Read more: New beginnings“Spring is here. Welcome all new beginnings!” I found that quote somewhere, and I can’t find who said it. Probably the author is “anonymous.” Whoever…
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Read more: Happy spring!I spent the first day of spring at the Dallas Arboretum, where 500,000 spring flowers are blooming. That’s right. 500,000! The Dallas Arboretum is the…
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Read more: Perfectly imperfectI often want everything to be perfect. That’s why I was delighted to find this quote in House Beautiful magazine. “The world needs more celebration…