My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were b…

Twyla Tharp
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My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching. ✨ A Conversation With Choreographer Twyla Tharp. Interview with Daviv Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. February 26, 2010.
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