Bio:Miriam Young

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Miriam Young nee Burt (died 1974-09-12), American children's writer and author of the memoir Mother Wore Tights that became a Hollywood supermusical. --NY Times

Date of birth

b 1913-02-13 : unknown source
b 1913-07-16 : Wikipedia Miriam Young
b 1913-02-26 : Library of Congress LCCN n80-036652
b 1911 or 1912 : New York Times obituary (age 62 implies)
  • "Miriam Young, 62, Writer, is Dead", The New York Times 1974-09-13 p40 — linked at Wikipedia as "Abstract", the obituary appears to be complete as displayed here 2017-03-20 (university library station, perhaps with NYTimes.com subscription)