I was a single mom by choice at 37, and if my love life hadn't quite panned out, most everything else had. I was a classic 'amazing girl' - driven, social, and relentlessly well-rounded - reveling in the fruits of post-Title IX America: an all-metro athlete in high school, Rhodes Scholar at 24, best-selling author by 27.

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• Julius Caesar

  Roman Dictator

  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

• Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military Commander

  Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
  Saturday, May 05, 1821

• Pope John Paul Ii

  Priest

  Tuesday, May 18, 1920
  Saturday, Apr 02, 2005

• Rodney Dangerfield

  Comedian

  Tuesday, Nov 22, 1921
  Tuesday, Oct 05, 2004

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Civil Rights Activist

  Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
  Thursday, Apr 04, 1968

• Lucy Larcom

  Poet

  Friday, Mar 05, 1824
  Monday, Apr 17, 1893

• Friedrich Nietzsche

  Philologist

  Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
  Saturday, Aug 25, 1900

• Mae West

  Actress

  Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
  Saturday, Nov 22, 1980

• H. L. Mencken

  Journalist

  Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
  Sunday, Jan 29, 1956

• Niccolo Machiavelli

  Historian

  Monday, May 03, 1469
  Tuesday, Jun 21, 1527

• Mother Teresa

  Saint

  Friday, Aug 26, 1910
  Friday, Sep 05, 1997

• Groucho Marx

  Comedian

  Thursday, Oct 02, 1890
  Friday, Aug 19, 1977

• Helen Keller

  Author

  Sunday, Jun 27, 1880
  Saturday, Jun 01, 1968

• Ernest Hemingway

  Author

  Friday, Jul 21, 1899
  Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

• W. Edwards Deming

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  Sunday, Oct 14, 1900
  Monday, Dec 20, 1993