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Nationality: American. 

Born: Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 12 October 1908. DiedAugust 24, 1997 in New York City, New York

Education: Connecticut College of Pharmacy (now University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy), 1928-31, Ph.G. 1931; Columbia University, New York, 1943-44. 

Family: Married George D. Petry in 1938; one daughter. 

Career: Pharmacist, James Pharmacy, Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1931-38; writer and reporter, Amsterdam News, New York, 1938-41; women's editor, People's Voice, New York, 1941-44; visiting professor of English, University of Hawaii, Hnolulu, 1974-75. Secretary, Authors League of America, 1960.

 

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