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Delinsky was born on August 9, 1945, near Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother died when she was only eight. In 1963, she graduated from Newton High School, in Newton, Massachusetts. She then went on to earn a B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College.
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born.
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Born and raised in suburban Boston, Barbara Delinsky’s defining moment came at the age of eight, when her mother died. Despite this tragedy, her childhood was ordinary – dance and music lessons and summer camp. She graduated from Tufts with a B.A. in Psychology and later earned an M.A. in Sociology from Boston College.
Jun 4, 2013 · Is there something about that age for women that particularly interested you? Barbara Delinsky: Yes, in many ways. I had my kids in my early twenties when we were young and stupid. But for a lot of women now, their early- to mid-thirties is a time for saying, "OK, is this the career I want?
After graduating from Newton High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Tufts University and a Master of Arts degree in Sociology at Boston College. Barbara says, "I wish I could say that I had a career in mind, but women were barely thinking about careers back then.
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit.
