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Marjorie M Kriz

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Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: The author received her BA in 1942 from Northwestern University; MA in 1943. She was a journalist for Chicago papers and a freelance writer.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Marjorie M Kriz on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=marjorie+m+kriz


Selected Titles

SOARING ABOVE SETBACKS
ISBN: 1560987553 OCLC: 230775585

Smithsonian 1997

Soaring above setbacks :
ISBN: 1560984589 OCLC: 33132343

Smithsonians Institution Press, Washington, D.C. : ©1996.

The first African American woman to earn a full commercial pilot's license, Janet Harmon Bragg led a life of multifaceted achievement. Not only a pioneering aviator but also a successful businesswomen, she owned and operated two nursing homes on Chicago's South Side for nearly three decades and traveled extensively in Africa. -- Back cover.

 

 

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