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A mystery-writer-turned-biographer, Marcia Biederman is also a journalist who has contributed more than 150 pieces to The New York Times. Her work has also appeared in New York magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and the International Herald Tribune.

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How my relative lost her birthright citizenship by marrying an immigrant. My latest op-ed in the Hartford Courant

Usually I research other people’s families, not my own. However, doodling around one day, I discovered that my great-aunt Libby, born on Manhattan’s Delancey Street in 1898, was later stripped of her birthright citizenship for marrying an immigrant — the guy I called Uncle Fred. Years later, she regained her citizenship by naturalizing. But she would never again be a natural-born citizen in the la

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	Scan Artist: How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That Speed-Reading Worked 3.12 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2019 — 9 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
	The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill: Abortion, Death, and Concealment in Victorian New England 3.69 avg rating — 101 ratings — 10 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
	A Mighty Force: Dr. Elizabeth Hayes and Her War For Public Health 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 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
	Popovers and Candlelight: Patricia Murphy and the Rise and Fall of a Restaurant Empire 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 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
	Post no Bonds 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 2 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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	Sismo 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1993	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
	Restaurant Woman: How Patricia Murphy's Candlelight Corporation Made Her a Real-Life Mildred Pierce 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Move over, Sydney Carton and the Scarlet Pimpernel. Bridget Quinn has given us another fascinating story set during the French Revolution, this one with a real-life woman hero. Meet Adélaïde Labille-Guillard, a haberdasher’s daughter who, not content ...more
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