![]() At this point, you might be trying to remember the author’s name from your grade-school reading log: Carolyn Keene. It may surprise you to learn that the basic outline of Nancy’s personality was first conceived by Edward Stratemeyer in the 1920s. The adventures of Nancy Drew, perhaps the best-known girl detective in children’s literature, spanned decades, yet Nancy remained about the same age. ![]() I had to borrow them from whoever had them.” The Nancys of her era were the highly prized early editions-blue with an orange silhouette of the girl detective. “I didn’t have my own set,” said Marie, who is closer to 90. “In fact, I’m sure that’s where I learned to love mysteries.” “I knew exactly where I was in the series,” she said. She’s one of the ones in her 70s, meaning that she was reading yellow-backed Nancys in the 1960s. ![]() “I used to go to the library and check out as many as I could carry,” said Lynne. ![]() “Did you grow up reading Nancy Drew?” I asked the three closest to me. We belong to a philanthropic organization dedicated to women’s education. Recently, I sat in the grass at an alfresco lunch with women between the ages of 70 and 90. ![]()
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