Caroline bird author biography

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Caroline Bird Mahoney (–) was an American author.

Early life and education

Born on April 15, , in New York City, Caroline Bird became the youngest member of the Vassar College class of at the age of 16, but left after her junior year to marry; she later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Toledo and a Master of Arts degree in comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin.

Career

Her books include The Invisible Scar (), Everything a Women Needs to Know to Get Paid What She's Worth (), Case Against College (), The Crowding Syndrome: Learning to Live With Too Much and Too Many (), Enterprising Women (), What Women Want (), The Two-Paycheck Marriage (), Second Careers (), and Lives of Our Own ().

Her book The Invisible Scar, about the Great Depression, was named by the American Library Association as on