About A Girl

ENCORE - Marjorie Guthrie: Woody Guthrie, Martha Graham, Loss and True Love

11.30.2022 - By Double ElvisPlay

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Marjorie was the right hand of dance icon Martha Graham when she met Woody Guthrie. She took loving care of both as they each moved toward self-destruction, and especially of Woody, even after their divorce, while he succumbed to Huntington’s Disease.

Sources:

Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein

MarjorieGuthrie.com

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/14/obituaries/marjorie-guthrie-singer-s-widow-65.html

The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

Jewish Standard / Times of Israel

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