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title: "3 Helen Beardsley Quotes - Famous Historian"
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# Helen Beardsley

(1930–2000)   Historian

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Helen Beardsley was a historian.

## Quick Facts About Helen Beardsley

Born April 5, 1930

Died April 26, 2000

Profession Historian

## About Helen Beardsley

American writer... \| Helen Eileen Beardsley was the mother of a noted blended family of twenty children — eight by her first marriage to Richard North, ten stepchildren from her second husband Frank Beardsley, and two that she and Frank had during their marriage. She wrote a book, Who Gets the Drumstick?, about her blen

##  Quotes by Helen Beardsley

> [A parent has to be silent much of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-beardsley/a-parent-has-to-be-silent-much-of-the-time/)

Helen Beardsley

[Parent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/helen-beardsley-79150_parent_a-parent-has-to-be-silent-much-of-the-ti_147415.jpg)

> [The human heart has a staggering capacity for love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-beardsley/the-human-heart-has-a-staggering-capacity-for-love/)

Helen Beardsley

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/helen-beardsley-79150_capacity_the-human-heart-has-a-staggering-capacit_411930.jpg)

> [Certainly it is important to work hard for your children, but if the only legacy you can give them is money it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-beardsley/certainly-it-is-important-to-work-hard-for-your-children-but-if-the/)

Helen Beardsley

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/helen-beardsley-79150_children_certainly-it-is-important-to-work-hard-f_1515771.jpg)

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