Women in Their Time “LET THEM ALL BE DAMNED—I’LL DO AS I PLEASE”Georgia O’Keeffe claimed to have done it all by herself—without influence from family, friends, or fellow artists. The real story is less romantic though just as extraordinary. by Edward Abrahams
Women in Their Time THREE SISTERS WHO SHOWED THE WAYElizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody managed to extend the boundaries that cramped the lives of nineteenth-century women. Elizabeth introduced the kindergarten movement to America, Mary developed a new philosophy of mothering that we now take for granted, and Sophia was liberated from invalidism by her passionate love for her husband. by Megan Marshall
Women in Their Time LESS WORK FOR MOTHER?Modern technology enables the housewife to do much more in the house than ever before. That’s good—and not so good. by Ruth Schwartz Cowan
THE NON-SIGNERSThree of the constitutional delegates could not bring themselves to put their names to it. by Charles L. Mee, Jr.
THE EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE SLOVIKOf the thousands of American soldiers court-martialed for desertion in World War II, Eddie Slovik was the only one put to death. One of the judges who convicted him looks back. by Benedict B. Kimmelman
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