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	Women Who Could... and Did: Lives of 26 Exemplary Artists and Scientists 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Women Riders Who Could... and Did: Life Stories of Top Level Equestriennes 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In my recently published story, Becoming a Woman of Substance, I include a scene about a woman whom I discovered in Memphis TN in the 1930s. After her glorious but short-lived job with Hallie Flanagan and the Federal Theatre Projec

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