Marilyn Yalom

She was a senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, and a professor of French.[4] Marilyn Yalom's scholarly publications include Blood Sisters (1993), A History of the Breast (1997),[5] A History of the Wife (2001),[6] Birth of the Chess Queen (2004),[7] The American Resting Place (2008) with photos by Reid Yalom, and How the French Invented Love (2012).In addition to her text, The American Resting Place contains a portfolio of 64 black and white art photos taken by her son Reid Yalom.Marilyn Yalom was presented with a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Assembly "honoring extraordinary leadership in the literary arts and continued commitment to ensuring the quality of reading" via the book The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History, "thereby benefiting the people of the City and County of San Francisco and the State of California.Yalom was decorated by the French government as an Officer des Palmes Academiques in 1991, and she received an Alumnae Achievement Award from Wellesley College in 2013.
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