Quote of the day
One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.
Liz Carpenter

Born: September 1, 1920
Died: March 20, 2010 (aged 89)
Bio: Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Sutherland Carpenter was a writer, feminist, former reporter, media advisor, speechwriter, political humorist, and public relations expert. Carpenter was born in historic Salado in southern Bell County, Texas.
Known for:
- Unplanned parenthood (1994)
- Getting better all the time (1987)
- Ruffles & flourishes (1970)






