May 2011
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Something To Prove: Gertrude Stein and Her...
by Danielle Sommer, May 31, 2011, KQED
In 1876, the wealthy railroad executive Daniel Stein took his progeny, Michael, Simon, Leo, Bertha and Gertrude, to Europe for three years. Afraid his children might be considered “uncultured” because of their California upbringing, he provided them with language and music lessons, making it clear that he expected them to rise above the uncouth...
