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...Selfstyled descendant of famed Poet John Greenleaf Whittier," Caryl Chessman is not only a criminal but also a phony. John Greenleaf Whittier never married, and therefore no one would ever believe that he left any descendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...HELEN WHITTIER Gardner, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...Like Reader Whittier, variously removed cousins abound. There are no direct descendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...Says she: "That's true-but it's mean to report it.") After three years they were married, set up housekeeping in an apartment over a Whittier garage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: The Silent Partner | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

...duty in the Pacific, she lived in a boardinghouse in San Francisco, worked as an OPA economist. At war's end, Lieut. Commander Nixon and his lady were stationed in Baltimore. Pat was pregnant, and the future was uncertain. Then a now-famous telegram came from Whittier: a "Committee of One Hundred" active Republicans wanted to know if Dick would be interested in running for the congressional seat solidly held by Democrat Jerry Voorhis. After discussing the proposition at length, says Pat, "I could see that it was the life he wanted, so I told him that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: The Silent Partner | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

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