https://www.messengernews.net/obituaries/2021/09/rosalie-maggio/

Rosalie Maggio, La Crescenta, California, died September 18, 2021 after a heroic battle with pancreatic cancer. Arrange­ments are entrusted to Solace Cremation and Funeral Home, Los Angeles, Ca. Services will be held at a later date.

Born November 8, 1943, in Victoria, Texas, to Irene Cecilia Nash Maggio and Paul Joseph Maggio, D.D.S., she was the oldest of eight siblings who grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She was a 1961 graduate of St. Edmond High School. She majored in French at the University of Saint Catherine, and traveled often to France throughout her life.

She and husband David C. Koskenmaki, a research scientist and holder of numerous patents, were parents of Liz Koskenmaki (Anthony Thompson), Katie Koskenmaki (Jason Middleton), and Matt Koskenmaki (Nora Terry Koskenmaki), and grandparents to Zoe and Evy Koskenmaki and Margot Middleton.

Award-winning author of 24 books and hundreds of articles, she “resurrected” the long-forgotten French daredevil, athlete, and pilot Marie Marvingt. She authored a French-language biography and subsequently an English version. These were followed with a 3-part award-winning series in Cricket magazine. “How to Say It” was a 3-million-copy bestseller. Rosalie’s books on biased language were considered landmark works. She also was in the forefront of collecting and popularizing quotations by women with eight published collections of quotations. Her website, www.quotationsbywomen .com, showcases over 44,000 quotations by women, organized by topic and author. She especially liked writing for children, with stories in Highlights for Children, Jack and Jill, Cricket, Spider, and others. Although she had numerous favorite quotations by women, the one she tried to live by was credited to Thucydides. When he was asked when justice would come to Athens, he said, “Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are.”

She is survived by her husband of 53 years...

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https://www.startribune.com/rosalie-maggio-feminist-author-collector-of-women-s-quotations-dies-at-77/600103647/
Excerpts:

As the author of several books about the social inequities woven into the English language, Rosalie Maggio always knew what to say.

She often gave lectures to high school classes about choosing inclusive words over sexist options — for example, "staff hours" instead of "manpower." During a lecture for her daughter's class, a student scoffed, saying, "Men have been around a lot longer than women," family members recalled. Maggio didn't skip a beat.

"She laughed," said her daughter, Katie Koskenmaki of Oakland, Calif. "And she pointed out the obvious problem with that statement in her usual sardonic way."

...."She was a Renaissance phenom," said her sister, Mary Maggio of Bloomington. "She knew everything. She spoke French in her sleep."

.... In the introduction to "Spin," Maggio preempted her critics with a wink:

"A common complaint today is, 'A person can't say anything anymore!' Actually, a person can. And people do. Although we have anti-disparagement laws for fruits and vegetables, we don't have them for people, which means you can say dreadful things about people, yell insults to their face, and nobody will stop you. You may get dirty looks and criticisms, but, hey, you can take it."

https://msmagazine.com/2021/09/28/rosalie-maggio-feminist-author-woman-writer-obituary/

https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2021/10/remembering-st-pauls-rosalie-maggio-a-great-friend-to-writers/
(remembrance)

https://www.rosaliemaggio.com/

https://www.rosaliemaggio.com/books/
(ten book covers and descriptions)

From Goodreads, about the biography "Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger: First Female Bomber Pilot, World-Class Athlete and Inventor of the Air Ambulance":

"Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bomber pilot in history, fought in World War I disguised as a man, took part in the Resistance of World War II, was the first to survive crossing the English Channel in a balloon, worked all her life as a journalist, spent years in North Africa and invented metal skis. Her life story was so unusually rich in exploits and accomplishments that some dismissed it as a hoax.
This biography explores the life of 'the most incredible woman since Joan of Arc' and investigates the reasons she has been forgotten. Known as the 'fiancee of danger,' she was the model for the silent film series The Perils of Pauline."

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/116513.Rosalie_Maggio

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=579833118&q=rosalie+maggio++books&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2-qSR_6-CAxVcjYkEHY9YCgcQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1920&bih=839&dpr=1
(book covers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1QWYZUHh0k
(about "The Art of Talking to Anyone")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx5jKkPuqHo
(long audio interview about "Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger" - almost 23 minutes)

WORKS

BY THE AUTHOR:

(Under name Rosalie Koskenmaki) The Travels of Soc, American Guidance Service, 1985.
The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage, Oryx Press, 1987.

The Music Box Christmas, Morrow Junior Books, 1990.
How to Say It (letter-writing guide), Prentice-Hall, 1990.
The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondiscriminatory Language, Oryx Press (Phoenix, AZ), 1991.
Marie Marvingt: La Femme d'une Siecle, Editions Pierron (Sarreguemines, France), 1991.
(Compiler) The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1992.
The Bias-Free Word Finder: A Dictionary of Nondiscriminatory Language, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1992.
The New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1996.
Talking about People: A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language, Oryx Press (Phoenix, AZ), 1997.

The Big Book of How to Say It, 2001.
How to Say It Style Guide, 2001.
The Art of Talking to Anyone, 2005.

Pieces of Eight: Still Best Friends After All These Years: Essays written by the Maggio Rosalie, Frank, Patrick, Kevin, Mary, Paul, Mark, and Matthew, 2010.
Unspinning the Spin : The Women's Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language, Robin Morgan (Preface), Gloria Steinem (Preface), 2015.
Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger: First Female Bomber Pilot, World-Class Athlete and Inventor of the Air Ambulance, 2019.

Compiler, Published by Prentice-Hall (Paramus, NJ):

Quotations for the Soul, 1997.
Quotations from Women on Life, 1997.
Quotations on Education, 1997.
Quotations on Love, 1997.
An Impulse to Soar: Quotations for Women on Leadership, 1998.
Money Talks: Quotations on Money and Investing, 1998.
Great Letters for Every Occasion, 1999.

How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and the Infamous, 2000.
Women on Life: A Book of Quotations, 2001.