Talk:Audrey Meadows/Archives/2015

Birthplace

The article states that she was born in New York city. Better evidence shows that she was born in Wu-Ch'ang China to Episcopal missionary parents. They moved to New York when she was 5. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.73.11.5 (talk) 16:26, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

There is a reference to Audrey Meadows in the book “Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism”. Below is a passage taken from chapter 1 “The Making of the Man Who Remade Conservatism”. In summary it states that Audrey Cotter (Audrey Meadows) attended a home school provided by the parents of Bill Buckley.

Below is taken from the book. I am not suggesting plagiarizing the passage below. I placed it here to provide information on the exact text that support the comment above.

“With the exceptions of the several years in Paris for the older children and the year in England for Bill and two of his sisters, the Buckley clan was homeschooled through eighth grade. Will set up a homeschool in a small building immediately behind the main house at Great Elm, and he sent around a circular to three hundred families in the Sharon area inviting them to consider sending their children to his homeschool in order to avoid the “blight of Liberalism and Communism they will encounter in almost all elementary schools.” His school, he assured parents, would not be in any fashion “progressive.” Three children from the area eventually attended Will’s school along with the Buckley children. One of them was the daughter of the local Episcopal minister; her name was then Audrey Cotter, but she later became famous under the stage name Audrey Meadows. Will engaged two full-time teachers—one American, the other British—and supplemented them with additional tutors and coaches for music and extracurricular activities.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazyhorse2000 (talk • contribs) 14:29, 17 August 2015 (UTC)