Amanda Smith
Amanda Smith is the editor of Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy and the author of Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson.
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How Sexual Deviance Could Have Crippled Alcoholics Anonymous
Instead of fight for her inheritance—and risk exposing her sexuality—Felicia Gizycka dropped a lawsuit to protect a developing AA.
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The Value of Friends and Sponsors at Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings
Marty Mann, executive director of the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism, proved a valuable mentor for many early women of AA.
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The Women Behind the Early Alcoholics Anonymous Movement
Just a few years after Bill Wilson founded the fellowship in 1939, Felicia Gizycka, daughter of editor Cissy Patterson, stumbled into a meeting.