August 8

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (born August 8, 1896) U.S. novelist – Cross Creek (1942)

Read about Rawlings and her literature at the Rawlings Society website https://rawlingssociety.org/rawlings-bio

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 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings


Mei Fong

Mei Fong Fong Foongmei (方凤美) (born August 8, 1972) Malaysian Chinese-American journalist - One Child (2016)

Mei Fong explains the implications of China's one child policy here

Watch Mei Fong talk about China's one child policy
 here