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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...married. Her husband, just twice her age, was Dr. Canning Woodhull, by name. He came of an eminent family. He was a gay rake. He was cruel. To them was born a child. It was subnormal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Astounding Benefactress | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

Perhaps it was as well that Mrs. Woodhull was not elected; for there would have been grave complications: she was only 34 years old on March 4, 1873, and the Constitution requires that a President must be 35 years of age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Astounding Benefactress | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

...financier and reformer." She has written a number of works, including The Origins, Tendencies and Principles of Government and Garden of Eden Stirpiculture. Her recreations are scientific agriculture, psychical research, motoring (she is a member of the Ladies' Automobile Club), collecting works of art. Now she enjoys old age in Worcestershire, at her beautiful home, Norton Park, Bredon's Norton, near Tewkesbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Astounding Benefactress | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

...Author. A. A. Milne was born, though few believe it, in 1882. Before the War, he was Assistant Editor of Punch; after the War he wrote plays, six of which- The Dover Road, Mr. Pim Passes By, The Truth About Blayds, The Lucky One, The Great Broxopp, The Romantic Age- have been produced in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: When We Were Very Young* | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

...cruel joke that the State, which decrees compulsory education within a certain age limit, should also decree that the student, forbidden to work, is barred out of school more than a quarter of his share of fleeting time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Problems Posed | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

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