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"In 1911, two neighbors in their 40s helped start one of the first garden clubs in America, in Bedford, NY. Two years later they were notable early members of the Garden Club of America. After joining the groups, these originals - in affiliations and personality - wakened their underutilized potential and discovered how women, one good friend at a time, can unite to change their town and country. Eloise Luquer's exquisite wildflower watercolors and her fostering of nature trails and preservation earned her the title ""The Audubon of Wildflowers."" Delia Marble empowered the Bedford Agricultural Training Camp for Women - the first such prep site for WWI farmerettes in the nation. Together and with other allies, the small-town spinsters made an impactful difference in culture and environmental history. Author Judy Culbreth reveals the remarkable lives of two Bedford garden club originals."

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"After being named a Glamour Magazine Top 10 College Girl in 1972, Judy Culbreth moved from her hometown, Mobile, Alabama, to Manhattan to pursue a career in journalism. Her first jobs were at Seventeen magazine, then Ladies' Home Journal, where she edited the iconic column ""Can This Marriage Be Saved?"" She was executive editor of Redbook and for a decade editor-in-chief of Working Mother . A founder of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, she also was the work/family contributing editor of NBC's Today Show for five years. Today, she is an editorial consultant for Mobile Bay magazine."

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