Glenda Booth is a freelance writer based in Virginia. Her work has appeared in the Beacon, Roanoke, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Zebra, Patch.com and Mount Vernon Voice newspapers; the Piedmont Virginian, Virginia Living, Audubon and Virginia Wildlife magazines; and other publications. She is a 1970 founder of the Northern Virginia NOW Chapter, the first NOW chapter in the state.
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