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...Whalen (5) 4. Journal of a Soul, Pope John XXIII (3) 5. Queen Victoria, Longford (4) 6. The Italians, Barzini (7) 7. How to Be a Jewish Mother, Greenburg (6) 8. Is Paris Burning? Collins and Lapierre 9. My Shadow Ran Fast, Sands (9) 10. Sixpence in Her Shoe, McGinley...
...Three cheers for Phyllis McGinley and TIME [June 18] for giving back to the housewife the dignity and respect that most modern thinking and writing has been tearing down. It is refreshing in this topsy-turvy era we call "modern times" to hear someone speak out for the good old-fashioned way of life where the words mother and housewife were spoken with respect rather than being synonymous with stupid and boring...
...After reluctantly accepting the fact that my future will be that of a homemaker, Phyllis McGinley Hayden, through her charming verse and real-life example, has confirmed what I've been trying to accept for some time now: housewifery can be a meaningful and rewarding occupation. Have I been brainwashed...
...College-educated, or less educated, we housewives don't need a Friedan-McGinley dispute about our role. That "not impossible She" is she who loves and gives to her capacity. We don't need someone to describe it. We need more of us to get busy...
Good Structure. Certainly no one role, not even suburban domesticity, is big enough to confine Phyllis McGinley's awesome capacity for self-expression. "She has a good ego structure," says Nina Jones, a friend from the Larchmont days (and now Happy Rockefeller's press secretary). "Phyllis is good and she knows...