You're a Brick, Angela: The Girls' Story 1839-1985

Mary Cadogan was born in London, England on May 30, 1928. From 1958 until her death, she worked for the Indian writer and teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti's organizations in England as the company secretary of the Krishnamurti Foundation from 1968 to1995, and then as a governor of the foundation and its international school at Brockwood Park in show more Hampshire. She also edited several of Krishnamurti's books, including two volumes of his dialogues with the theoretical physicist David Bohm. She collaborated on several books with Patricia Craig including You're a Brick, Angela!, Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars, and The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in Fiction. Her other books include Chin Up, Chest Out, Jemima!: A Celebration of the Schoolgirls' Story, Women with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact and Fiction, And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present, and Mary Carries On: Reflections on Some Favourite Girls' Stories. She received the Silver Cross of St. George award from This England magazine and a lifetime achievement award from the Children's Books History Society. She died September 27, 2014 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) show less