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Patricia Bauer
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
BIOGRAPHY

Pat Bauer graduated from Ripon College in 1977 with a double major in Spanish and Theatre. She spent most of the next 42 years working as a copy editor and editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She retired in 2021 but was unable to break the habit and now works as a freelance editor. 

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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, and actress whose flamboyant style and catchy songs, most notably “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983), helped make her a pop icon. Lauper grew up in Queens, New York. An indifferent student, she eventually dropped out of high school, and for the next…
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