Word: matriarchs
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...society with many options available to them. No wonder Wellesley students only narrowly chose the novelist Alice Walker (who declined the invitation) over Barbara Bush when electing a graduation speaker. Alice Walker represents the intellect who is recognized for her products on the written page; Barbara Bush is the matriarch who is recognized by her volunteerism and commitment to family. Something in both Walker and Bush appeals to young women...
...children to the grand jury, which returned indictments against Raymond, his mother, sister, grandmother and three McMartin teachers. On March 24, 1984, police accompanied by television cameras arrested them at home. Raymond's sister Peggy Ann Buckey was arrested in front of her high school class. Only crippled matriarch ( Virginia McMartin, 82, honored for her community service, was allowed to surrender voluntarily...