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Author Archives: Janice Brown
A New Hampshire Mom: On Losing A Child
Losing a child is not a typical topic on this blog, but when a very young child of my neighbors died suddenly, it brought to mind something my mother had said to me–that ‘mothers should never have to experience losing … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire Women, Personal History
Tagged baby, child, children, courage, death, died, disability, infant, loss, motherhood, retarded, special, sudden
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Cow Hampshire: That Remarkable Snowtober
It was reported that over three million people were directly affected by what New England is calling Snowtober (and 60 million indirectly in some way). Trees, laden with too heavy snowcoats, snapped and tumbled over like children over-bundled in their … Continue reading
Merrimack New Hampshire International Athlete, Activist for the Disabled: Marilyn Warren Woods (1914-1998)
She was born Marilyn N. Warren on 15 January 1915 in Hudson, New Hampshire, the daughter of Oscar G. & Ida (Proctor) Warren. As a woman with disabilities, she faced the difficulties of mobility, obtaining an education, and finding a … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire Women
Tagged athlete, challenged, crippled, disabled, games, handicapped, Hudson, Marilyn, Merrimack, Nashua, New Hampshire, paraplegic, sports, Warren, wheelchair, woman, women, woods
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