Margaret “Teddy” (Mayer) Milne
Margaret “Teddy” (Mayer) Milne (CAS’51) of Northampton, Mass., launched Pittenbruach Press in 1986, publishing some 16 books by other writers and 29 of her own over the next two decades. She describes her path after BU as “less a climb to some mountain peak and more like a leaf floating free down-river, taking whatever comes.” After receiving her degree, she writes, “I wanted most to travel, so I set out for California. By thumb—my maverick father’s advice. Money was a problem, or could have been, but I learned, and I often traveled free as a courier, tour leader, frequent flyer, youth hosteler, hitchhiker, and camper. Instead of a career, I took any job I could get, from cleaning fish in Monterey to dishwashing in Stockholm to peeling potatoes in Oslo, and on through 97 different jobs in my lifetime.” Besides her publishing venture, some of the best of those jobs included stints as a reporter and editor at the Gazette in Northampton, a French teacher and publicity director at a private school, and a codirector of a Quaker conference center. Teddy was married twice and had three sons along the way. “Life has sure been fun,” she concludes.
From the Fall 2014 issue.