'The Words and Life of Mary Folsom Blair" Due in Summer 2022

‘Put It Down on Paper’: The Words and Life of Marty Folsom Blair, a Fifty-Year Search by longtime journalist Phil Primack of Massachusetts is a remarkable account of a representative woman of her time, much of it in her own words (journals and letters) who was a teacher in New Hampshire. Born in the late 19th century, she left us a compelling record of a full life, especially in the early decades of the 20th century. Primack assembled her life story, drawing on her writing and interviews. In 2020, he wrote about her for the Boston Globe. Mary Folsom Blair’s papers are destined for the Schlesinger Libray on the History of Women at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. As a mid-career public school teacher, Blair was admitted to Radcliffe for education studies. Here’s a link to the story.

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