Originally Posted by islandofapples
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Annemarie Roeper wrote it and she died this month, at 93.
http://www.care2.com/causes/education-pioneer-annemarie-roeper-passes-away.html

The brief bio on Annemarie Roeper (1918-2012) referenced above is archived on the WayBack Machine,
https://web.archive.org/web/20120523031448/http://www.care2.com/causes/education-pioneer-annemarie-roeper-passes-away.html