O'Neill, Mary, 1971-....

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Mary (LeDuc) O'Neill was born February 16, 1908 (one source says 1906) in New York, NY, and died January 2, 1990, in Yuma, AZ. She was an educator, advertising copywriter, and free-lance children's writer. In 1970 she joined the Peace Corps and worked as a writing teacher in Africa and Latin America. Her best known work for children was Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a work that teaches color identification.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author vols. 2, 64

From the guide to the Mary O'Neill Papers, 1942-1971, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

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referencedIn Papers of Jeannette Rankin, 1879-1976 (inclusive), 1916-1973 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Mary O'Neill Papers, 1942-1971 University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections
referencedIn Papers of Jeannette Rankin, 1879-1976 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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