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Liz Carpenter (1920–2010)

Author of Unplanned Parenthood

6+ Works 137 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the name: CARPENTER LIZ

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Works by Liz Carpenter

Unplanned Parenthood (1994) 45 copies, 1 review

Ruffles and Flourishes (1970) 34 copies

Getting Better All the Time (1987) 31 copies

Start with a Laugh (2000) 18 copies

Presidential Humor: For Candidates, Speechwriters, and Voters, Preachers, Housewives, Janitors, Hecklers, and Other… (2007) 8 copies

Seconds of a Pinch of This and a Handful of That: Historic Recipes of Texas 1830-1900 (1994) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contributor — 121 copies

Facing Evil: Light at the Core of Darkness (1988) — Contributor — 49 copies, 1 review

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Sutherland
Other names: Sutherland, Mary Elizabeth (birth name)
Birthdate: 1920-09-01
Date of death: 2010-03-20
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Salado, Texas, USA
Place of death: Austin, Texas, USA
Places of residence: Washington, D.C., USA
Education: University of Texas, Austin
Occupations: journalist
press secretary
speechwriter
Relationships: Carpenter, Leslie (spouse)
Organizations: United Press
Carpenter News Association
Hill & Knowlton
United States Department of Education
National Women's Political Caucus
ERAmerica
Awards and honors: Distinguished Alumna of the University of Texas (1975)
Texas Women's Hall of Fame
ProBene Award
Francis E. Willard Award (1980)

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Reviews

Unplanned Parenthood by Liz Carpenter

Wonderful witty tale of Liz's surrogate motherhood of three teenagers.

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New York Times bestseller

Ruffles and Flourishes (General – 1970)

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Statistics

Works: 6
Also by: 2
Members: 137
Popularity: #149,084
Rating: ½ 3.5

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 13

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