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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

How My Mother Became A Broadway Star by Peter Birkenhead

She escaped from an abusive husband and raised four kids on her own, even as she spent long hours building her career as one of the first female lyricists on Broadway.

SOURCE: The Daily Beast at 07:32PM
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