Phyllis McGinley Writer
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Mar 21, 1905
- Died: Feb 22, 1978
Phyllis McGinley was a Pulitzer Prize winning American author of children's books and poetry. Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life.
McGinley enjoyed a wide readership in her lifetime, publishing her work in newspapers and women's magazines such as the Ladies Home Journal, as well as in literary periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Saturday Review and The Atlantic. She also held nearly a dozen honorary degrees – "including one from the stronghold of strictly masculine pride, Dartmouth College". Time Magazine featured McGinley on its cover on June 18, 1965.
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.
peace
Nothing fails like success nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.
success
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.
poetry
Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.
marriage
Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!
Christmas
Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.
knowledge