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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last she asked for release, convinced that she "was no more fitted to be a nun than to be an acrobat." Rescript was granted by Rome, and in 1941, when she was 45, Monica Baldwin "had leapt over the wall." She landed hard in a world full of new, sharp angles, but she was soon dithering about England as gaily as a debutante at a coming-out party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Monica's Coming Out | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

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