Saturday, September 2, 2017

Not Forgotten

Dr. Phillips has been gone since 1955, but her work lives on. She would have been intrigued and gratified at how recognition of women's rights has progressed.


Don't know who Dr. Phillips was? Read her biography, A Measure Filled, by Lisa Sergio. One of my treasures is a copy autographed by Lisa Sergio, a woman whose own story is equally compelling.


A Measure Filledreads like no other biography I've ever read. Urged by her compeers, Dr. Phillips was in the process of writing her autobiography. After her death the project was put in the hands of a long-time companion, who was never able to complete the manuscript. After her death, the project was put into the hands of Lisa Sergio. Since Lisa Sergio used part of Dr. Phillips' original work, in some passages the text reads like an autobiography.

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