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Angela’s 2025 Year in Books
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An Asteroid not a Star: The Life of Anita Thompson
Anita Thompson in By Right of Birth, 1921.
When Anita Thompson looked back on her time as a young woman, she claimed she was “an asteroid then, in orbit about the brilliant stars.” Becoming a celebrity takes a combination of luck and hard work. Thompson certainly had the luck to draw attention but seemed indifferent to fame and content to look on from far away.
Thompson enjoyed a privileg
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| Making Connections: 6078. America’s Early Women Celebrities: The Famous and Scorned from Martha Washington to Silent Film Star Mary Fuller by Angela Firkus | 5 | 27 | Apr 02, 2021 08:14AM |
“History, as it was purveyed to us, was not so much a narrative, not even the detached observation of the rise and fall of fortunes and cultures. It was the litany of loss, attended by the inevitable sympathy for the vanquished side. The past was always the underdog, and we sensed it was only right to be on its side against the bully future. We were left with the impression that our own grip was loosening on some essential pediment as one empire after another was swallowed up, and the centuries collapsed into our own.”
― Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life
― Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life
“We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.”
― This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
― This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
