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Virginia Law Burns

Born: 05/23/1925   Redford , MI
Parents: Alvin J. and Leola M. Law
Children: James Ritchie, Jr., Duncan L. Ritchie, Meg M. Ritchie
Address(es):
Permanent :
8600 S. Fenner Rd.
Laingsburg , MI 48848
USA
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Phone : 517-651-2953
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Bold women in Michigan history Biography , Michigan History Children Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub. 2001
"Michigan Natural Resources"
- Magazine article 		Non Fiction Children 1995
Image of Gentle Hunter: a Biography of Alice Evans, Bacteriologist Gentle Hunter: a Biography of Alice Evans, Bacteriologist Biography Children , Teen Laingsburg, Mich. : Enterprise Press 1993
Image of Tall Annie Tall Annie
- The fictionalized biography of Ana Klobuchar Clemenc (1888-1956), daughter of Slovenian immigrants, who worked for Socialist causes and was an important figure in the 1913 Camulet copper miners' strike in the Upper Peninsula. 		Historical Fiction , Michigan Children , Teen Bath, Mich. : Enterprise Press 1987
First Frontiers Biography , Michigan History Adult Bath, Mich. : Enterprise Press 1985
Image of Lewis Cass-Frontier Soldier Lewis Cass-Frontier Soldier
- The fictionalized biography of Lewis Cass (1782-1866) from his boyhood, to his work as Governor of the Michigan Territory, and to his role as U.S. Senator. Partially set in Detroit. 		Non Fiction , Biography , Historical Fiction , Michigan Children , Teen Bath, Mich. : Enterprise Press. 1980
Image of William Beaumont; Frontier Soldier William Beaumont; Frontier Soldier
- Publication years, 1978, 1989. 		Biography , Michigan History Children , Teen Laingsburg, MI : Enterprise Press 1978 -1989
The House at the End of the Lane
- Editor 		Poetry
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To provide young readers with excellence in historical non-fiction; give them heroines and heroes.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
"Tall Annie" has been used as the source for a Grand Opera "Children of the Keweenaw" premiering in Calumet, MI 2001
Award of Merit-Historical Society of Michigan 1990
First Lady of Literature-Nominee, State of Michigan 1987
Alice Evans, heroine from Gentle Hunter, was admitted posthumously to the National Women's Hall of Fame as a result of my book

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993
Who's Who of American Women

Memberships:

Name Date
Historic Women of Michigan: published by MI Women's Studies Association

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Michigan State University E. Lansing , MI 1954 -1956
Diploma Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield , MI 1943
University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1943 -1947

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Elementary reading teacher Various Michigan public schools 1953 -1987

Other Resources:

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