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# Mary Ellen Snodgrass

(1944)   Writer

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Mary Ellen Snodgrass is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Born February 29, 1944

Profession Writer

## About Mary Ellen Snodgrass

American writer... \| Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an American educator and writer of textbooks and general reference works.

##  Quotes by Mary Ellen Snodgrass

> [The sweet reward for preparation often does not come in the youthful twenties or staid thirties. It arrives - with accrued interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-snodgrass/the-sweet-reward-for-preparation-often-does-not-come-in-the-youthful/)

Mary Ellen Snodgrass

[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-snodgrass/southerners-have-been-known-to-stay-over-the-fourth-and-not-get-home/)

Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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> [Bringing up teenagers is like sweeping back ocean waves with a frazzled broom-the inundation of outside influences never stops. Whatever the lure-cars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-snodgrass/bringing-up-teenagers-is-like-sweeping-back-ocean-waves-with-a/)

Mary Ellen Snodgrass

[Adolescence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescence/)

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