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Ellen McCarthy

The Girls Are Alright

By Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post
February / March 2015

January 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Five years after the tragic loss of their mother and sister, the five Murray daughters and their father, Sean, continue to thrive. Tie-dyed sheets line the back of a Chevy Chase classroom where a group of preteen girls sit discussing some of the weightier topics of adolescent life: Why do we feel the need to conform? Is it harder to stick up for ourselves or for someone else? … [Read more...] about The Girls Are Alright

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