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03-17 DATES, ANNIVERSARIES, and
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B. 03-17-1846, Kate Greenaway, beloved English watercolorist
who created delicate and wonderfully detailed drawnings of a fairy-tale
world for the child in all of us.
B. 03-17-1862, Martha Platt Falconer, one the greatest of all pioneers
in changing holding area of delinquent or homeless girls from virtual
jails to homes for rehabilitation, education, and social adjustments. She
pioneered her work at Sleighton Farm in Pennsylvania and the idea was gradually
accepted throughout the nation.
B. 03-17-1898, Ella Winter, Australian-born journalist who wrote
extensively about Communist Russia.
B. 03-17-1903, Radie Britain, composer, writer, teacher born
near Amarillo, TX, won more than 50 national and international awards for
her more than 150 classical compositions, trained at the American Conservatory
in piano, organ, and composition, with advanced work and master classes
in Germany. She taught at the Chicago Conservatory. Her daughter Lerae
taught anthropology in Hawaii.
Event 03-17-1911, the formation of the Camp Fire Girls by Mrs.
Luther Halsey Gulick is formally announced.
B. 03-17-1930, Betty Allen, opera and concert singer became executive
director of the Harlem School of the Arts which opera singer Dorothy Maynor
founded.
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