About the Author: Veronica M. Boyle has always wanted to write. Friends suggested she take up English, and, after studying at London University and Cavendish Square Training College, she embarked upon a teaching career. She has always been an exemplary Christian, a conscientious teacher and educationalist, an enlightened writer, a valiant champion for the liberation and "precious freedom" of women, and a brave advocate of social justice and equality. The maxim of her "A Mind of Her Own" is "be honest and truthful."