{"product_id":"one-womans-world-the-columns-of-lenora-mattingly-weber-9781955641005","title":"One Woman's World: The Columns of Lenora Mattingly Weber","description":"\u003cp\u003eLenora Mattingly Weber (1895-1971) was best known for her mid-20th century girls book series, especially those about independent girls such as Beany Malone and Katie Rose Belford. Weber was an industrious widow with six children, who also had a lesser-known career as a magazine columnist. From 1946 to 1967, Weber wrote \"Mid Pleasures and Problems\" for Extension, a monthly Catholic magazine in the mold of the Saturday Evening Post. In her columns, she commented on the social issues of a large swathe of the 20th Century. In the 1940s, she described post-World War II life; in the 1950s she ruminated on the pros and cons of working mothers; and in the 1960s, she addressed Catholicism after Vatican II as well as racism and segregation. Her fans have brought her girls series books back into print, spurring a mini-Weber renaissance of her fiction. However, the 266 columns she wrote for Extension magazine have remained all but lost. Until now. This collection, curated and edited by Betsy Edgerton, contains 50 of Weber's best columns and showcases her most personal writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeber, Lenora Mattingly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lenora Mattingly Weber (1895-1971) was best known for her mid-20th century girls book series, especially those about independent girls such as Beany Malone and Katie Rose Belford. Weber was an industrious widow with six children, who also had a lesser-known career as a magazine columnist. From 1946 to 1967, Weber wrote Mid Pleasures and Problems for Extension, a monthly Catholic magazine in the mold of the Saturday Evening Post. In her columns, she commented on the social issues of a large swathe of the 20th Century. In the 1940s, she described post-World War II life; in the 1950s she ruminated on the pros and cons of working mothers; and in the 1960s, she addressed Catholicism after Vatican II as well as racism and segregation. Her fans have brought her girls series books back into print, spurring a mini-Weber renaissance of her fiction.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdgerton, Betsy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Betsy Edgerton is a journalism professor at Columbia College Chicago, a magazine editor and life-long Lenora Mattingly Weber fan. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband and children.","brand":"Image Cascade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50507645288722,"sku":"9781955641005","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e99639e5-d391-49a9-a365-926f6d162b81.jpg?v=1730865121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-womans-world-the-columns-of-lenora-mattingly-weber-9781955641005","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}