Phyllis Ann Waggoner-Ferguson
Born: February 18, 1935 in Mattoon, Illinois
Died: October 19, 2000 in Mattoon, Illinois Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Waggoner-Ferguson lived all of her life in Illinois. Biography: Phyllis Ferguson coauthored ''Ten Sisters: A True Story and Ten Little Sisters''. The only other writing she attempted was a personal journal. However, she wrote several unpublished songs and often presented her religious views through her church. Much of her life was lived in central Illinois where she was a foster parent to numerous children. She is featured in the award-winning PBS short documentary on the Ten Sisters (Prairie Fire - PBS WILL) which won a Gracie Allen Award in 2004. She is featured in a full-length PBS documentary, ''Ten Sisters: A True Story''. The story of the Ten Sisters was also featured in Family Circle Magazine, and three newspaper articles about the ten sisters won awards for journalism.
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Ten Sisters: A True Story and Ten Little Sisters ISBN: 1878044494 OCLC: 36430975 Mayhaven Pub., Mahomet, IL : 1997. In this story of ten sisters who were taken from their parents and separated from each other in 1942, each chapter is written by one the sisters following their reunion in the 1990s. |