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Cornelia Stratton Parker
Cornelia Stratton Parker (1885–1972) was an American author known for her witty and insightful writing on social issues and human nature. She wrote both fiction and non-fiction, often focusing on themes of everyday life, relationships, and travel. One of her notable works is "An American Idyll," which is a personal memoir reflecting on her marriage to economist Carleton H. Parker. Additionally, her book "Working With the Working Woman" provides a candid exploration of her experiences as a middle-class woman working in various blue-collar jobs.
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Such hosts of memories come tumbling in on me. More than fifteen years ago, on September 3, 1903, I met Carl Parker. He had just returned to college, two weeks late for the beginning of his Senior year. There was much concern among his friends, for he had gone on a two months' hunting-trip into the wilds of Idaho, and had planned to return in time for college. I met him his first afternoon in...
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INTRODUCTION The number of books on the labor problem is indeed legion. The tragedy of the literature on any dynamic subject is that most of it is written by people who have time to do little else. Perhaps the best books on many subjects will never be written because those folk, who would be most competent to do the writing, through their vital connection with the problem at hand, never find the spare...
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