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1 acknowledgments The ‘‘community of scholars’’ is not an idle phrase, nor is the idea of a circle of friends. Without both I would not have made it. Three people were present at the creation: Susan Ware, Linda Kerber, and Nancy Cott. Susan stayed with the project from start to finish, going far beyond the call of friendship. Early on, members of the sta√ at the Schlesinger Library of the Radcli √e Institute for Advanced Study in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were indispensable . Jaclyn Blume, Sarah Hutcheon, Jane Knowles, Kathy Jacobs, Kathy Kraft, Anne Englehart, and Laurie Ellis constituted ever-present help. Dean Rogers at the Vassar College Library and Robert Clark and his colleagues at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York, were repeatedly helpful. As the book developed, many historians joined the party: Glenda Gilmore , Davison Douglas, John Demos, Pat and Loren Graham, Jacquelyn Hall, Suzanne Lebsock, Sydney Nathans, Elizabeth Payne, Rosalind Rosenberg, Peter Wallenstein, Nancy Weiss, Burt Malkiel, and Rebecca Scott did their best to keep me on the straight and narrow. Dara DeHaven educated me about the court decisions that so fascinated Pauli Murray. Ken Rutherford also took a lawyer’s look at part of the manuscript. Michael O’Leary was a steady help in Cambridge. Two people who knew both the protagonists well had information to be found nowhere else: Mary Norris and Peggy McIntosh took time from their very busy lives to talk to me over and over, and to answer questions . I could not have done the job without them. Mary Norris went further: she read the entire manuscript and interviewed Maida Springer shortly before Springer’s death at age ninety-five. Eric Springer came to Chapel Hill to tell me about growing up as Pauli Murray’s protégé, and Emily Herring Wilson and Ruth Emerson shared their memories of Pauli. Without Kate Torrey, Ron Maner, Catherine Fagan, David Perry, and other members of the unc Press sta√, you would not be reading this book today. Judy Bellin and Will Scott did some of the boring work of proofread- 190 acknowledgments ing to make sure the transcripts were accurate. Larry Smith, Ross McKinney , Judy Bellin, and Anne Geer, with remarkable tolerance for my ignorance, made my computer behave when it ba∆ed me. As has been the case for more than forty years, Marie Alston Lee provided the essential backup on the home front. Andrew Scott made major contributions; sadly, he died before the final draft. The book would have been better organized and more insightful had he lived another year. I dedicate it to him in gratitude for fiftyeight years of collaboration in many things and to our grandchildren, who were so dear to him. To all the above I say a heartfelt thank you, with the usual mea culpa for all the sins of omission and commission. Anne Firor Scott Chapel Hill, North Carolina ...

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