The Washington Post, May 24th, 2002
Marian O. Norby, 85, a former writer and information officer for the Air Force and a veteran activist with feminist organizations, died of complications related to Parkinson's disease May 20 at Goodwin House in Alexandria. Ms. Norby was a White House secretary during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, and she accompanied the president on his 1948 "Whistle Stop" campaign train across the United States, typing his speeches on a manual typewriter and using wax-coated stencils to produce multiple copies. A gifted pianist, she played the keyboard into the early hours of the morning at...
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