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...essence of my roots," says Winfrey, sitting in her spacious, comfortable office in Chicago. "For years I have talked about my ancestors being the bridge that I crossed over on, that the reason Oprah Winfrey can exist is because Sojourner Truth did, because Fannie Lou Hammer did and because Ida B. Wells did. But I have gone from an awareness to a knowing...I now have a sense of what slavery felt like instead of what it looked like...
Mann is survived by his mother, Ida Mann, ofNewton; and by his children, Lydia of Boston;Naomi of Washington, D.C.; and Aaron, a PeaceCorps volunteer in Burkina Faso...
Chernow neither sanctifies nor demonizes his sometimes strange protagonist, but writes with a rich impartiality. He turns the machinations of Standard Oil and the other trusts into fascinating social history. His assessment of Ida Tarbell and other muckrakers is thorough and not entirely approving. He interweaves the larger American story with an unforgettable account of Rockefeller's family and personal life...
During my 25th reunion I returned to Comstock Hall to see if it or I had changed much. Now part of a Harvard House, the living room was still there, but most of the reassuring portraits, comfortable furniture and confident presence were not. Off in a corner, I saw Ida Louise covered in dust, no longer proudly displaying her biographical note or even the brass name tag that once identified her. Is this the sad fate for all of Radcliffe? Heaven forbid...
...Ida Louise Comstock could once again proudly look down from the mantle and be an inspiration to us all. Please join me in contributing to this "Comstock Plan" to bring Radcliffe back...