“He just couldn’t share credit. Through the first six books of his 11-book series, “The Story of Civilization,” he did not share credit with wife, Ariel. It would take nearly 20 years after Mr. Seymour’s death in 1992 for Ms. Mills to get her due. By her high school years, Dorothy was smitten by the English language, its grammar and history, and by the authors Upton Sinclair and Thomas Mann. With an eye on a journalism career, she edited her high school newspaper and was a clerk for The Cleveland News.

Source: New York Times November 26, 2019 22:52 UTC