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1、KANSASWOMENINLITERATUREKANSASWOMENINLITERATUREBYNETTIEGARMERBARKER1KANSASWOMENINLITERATURETOMYNEARESTANDDEAREST--MYSILENTPARTNERS--MYHUSBANDANDMYMOTHER.``WeareproudofKansas,thebeautifulqueen,Andproudareweofherfieldsofcorn;ButanoblerpridethantheseIween,Isourprideinherchildren,Ka
2、nsasborn!''--EllenP.Allerton----Oradopted.Inthisgalaxyofbrightwomen,theStatehasanobleprideforeveryname,beitsownerKansasbornoradopted,isamightierforceforgoodthanits``wallsofcorn.''2KANSASWOMENINLITERATUREEFFIEGRAHAM.Thelastplaceonewouldexpecttofindromanceisinarithmeticandyet--Mi
3、ssEffieGraham,theheadoftheDepartmentofMathematicsintheTopekaHighSchool,hasfounditthereandbetterstill,inherlecture``LivingArithmetic''shehasshownothersthewaytofinditthere.MissGrahamisoneofthemosttalentedwomenofthestate.Ex-Gov.Hochhascalledher``oneofthemostgiftedwomeninthestateno
4、tedforitsbrilliantwomen.Herheartandlifeareaspureashermindisbright.''ShewasbornandrearedinOhio,thedaughterofafamilyofOhiopioneers,adescendantofaRevolutionarysoldierandalso,ofawarriorof1812.AsastudentoftheOhioNorthernUniversityandlaterasapost-graduateworkerattheUniversityofCalifo
5、rnia,ChicagoUniversity,andHarvardSummerSchool,shehasasshesays,``graduatedsometimesandhasadegreebutnever`finished'hereducation.''Desiringtogettheschooloutintotheworldaswellastheworldbacktotheschool,shehasspokenandwrittenon``MovingIntoTheKingRow,''``OtherPeoples'Children,''``Spir
6、itoftheYoungerGeneration,''``VineVersusOak,''and``TheLargerService.''``PicturesEightHundredChildrenSelected,''``SpeakingofAutomobiles,''``TheUnusualThing,''``TheHighCostofLearning,''and``Wanted--AFuneralofAlgebraicPhraseology;''also,someverse,``TheTwentiethRegimentKnight''and``
7、BacktoGod'sCountry''aremagazineworkthatnevercameback.SchoolScience&Mathematics,amagazinetowhichshecontributesandofwhichsheisanassociateeditor,giveshersastheonlywoman'snameonitsstaffoffiftyeditors.Herbook,``ThePassin'OnParty,''raisestheauthortotherankofaclassic.Toquoteacritic:it
8、is``alittlelike`Mrs.WiggsoftheCabbagePatch,'alittlelik
