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A Woman to Know: Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

A Woman to Know: Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs

Dull is a word that should be torn to pieces to see what it is made of. — Joe Carstairs

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Dull is a word that should be torn to pieces to see what it is made of. — Joe Carstairs

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In 1911, 11-year-old Marion Barbara Carstairs was driving her Standard Oil heiress mother mad. The tomboy insisted on wearing boys’ clothes, changing her name from “Marion” to “Joe” and chucking all “lady-like” expectations out her manor …

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