https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-2026

“… she married asphalt paver Carl Dean, who stayed out of the limelight during their 59-year marriage …” (He died last year.)

No children, apparently due endometriosis. I don’t have a high opinion of humans but it’s quite a story. Maybe she really was kind of heroic — though she must have had some flaws!