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# Read * Dearest of Geniuses: A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle by Sandra L. Katz × eBook or Kindle ePUB. Dearest of Geniuses: A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle The Riddle of Theodate This nuanced, expertly-written and tightly researched biography offers a compassionate yet clear-eyed portrayal of a fascinating and influential woman who was a riddle in both name and person. A singular and sometimes difficult personality, Theodate could seem a model for a Whartonian or Jamesian character, with a flashes and dashes of Nellie Bly and Margaret Fuller, but she was her own woman whose accomplishments and innovations in architecture and education continue to h
| Title | : | Dearest of Geniuses: A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1508974594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
While an unmarried woman, she took in a two-year-old boy, and after his death from polio, she raised two more orphans. Instead, she jumped into the icy Irish Sea and miraculously survived. She fought the men who tried to take over her school. Theodate was an educator, who founded the prestigious Avon Old Farms School. An early feminist, Theodate did not care what others thought or said, and she rebelled against society's norms and restrictions. Theodate Pope Riddle was one of America's first successful female architects. She spoke and did as she pleased. She created its spectacular medieval campus and developed its progressive curriculum. She was the only child of a Cleveland millionaire whose hobby was collecting Impressionist paintings. Her first architectural project, a mansion she designed to house her father's magnificent collection, is now the Hill-Stead Museum, in Farmington, CT. Theo's husband, John Riddle, called her h
She is Professor emerita of English at the University of Hartford and a member of the Amherst Creative Biography Group. About the Author Sandra Katz wrote the biography of Robert Frost's wife, "Elinor Frost: A Poet's Wife" and has published critical articles on American writers.
The Riddle of Theodate This nuanced, expertly-written and tightly researched biography offers a compassionate yet clear-eyed portrayal of a fascinating and influential woman who was a riddle in both name and person. A singular and sometimes difficult personality, Theodate could seem a model for a Whartonian or Jamesian character, with a flashes and dashes of Nellie Bly and Margaret Fuller, but she was her own woman whose accomplishments and innovations in architecture and education continue to have an effect to this day and whose personal behind-the-profession story begs for PBS production. Testament to her qualities is h
. Sandra Katz wrote the biography of Robert Frost's wife, "Elinor Frost: A Poet's Wife" and has published critical articles on American writers. She is Professor emerita of English at the University of Hartford and a member of the Amherst Creative Biography Group
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