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My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we we

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. – Twyla Tharp

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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe its simply because I wasnt that committed to geometry. – Twyla Tharp

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