Maher pronounced her “out of your mind if you think that’s a problem” and challenged her to elaborate. She became a frequent guest on talk shows, called on to discuss almost any issue that particularly affected women.Īppearing on Bill Maher’s Comedy Central talk show “Politically Incorrect” to discuss sexual harassment in the office, she minimized the phenomenon’s seriousness (“The workplace is the meeting and mating place”) and contended that men were equal victims of harassment and even of domestic violence. It’s still hard for most men to believe that women enjoy sex.” But fantasy was her specialty, and the subject of four more of her books, including “Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Sexual Fantasies” and “Men in Love: Men’s Sexual Fantasies: The Triumph of Love Over Rage”ĭiscussing “Men in Love” in 1980, she told People magazine: “The major theme in men’s sexual fantasies is the sexually aroused woman. Friday dealt with other subjects, as the author of “Jealousy” (1985), “The Power of Beauty” (1996), and even a work of fiction, “Lulu: A Novella” (2012). Kirkus Reviews called the book “a stimulating convergence of personal and cultural inquiry.” It remained on The New York Times bestseller list for more than a year. “Automatically we repeat the pattern” - taking the role of either mother or child - “with everyone else with whom we become close.” Main Street, Union City.“We learn our deepest ways of intimacy with mother,” she wrote. Please take a moment to share a memory or condolence on Nancy's Book of Memories online at Arrangements are in the care of Warren-Glenn Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 62 S. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Main Street Art Center, 7 North Main Street, Union City, PA 16438. Her kindness and sense of humor will be missed by all who had the pleasure to know her.Ī celebration of life will be held for Nancy at a later date, where we will all “have a nip” of champagne in honor of a life well-lived. Her greatest joys in life were her many friends, family, and grandchildren. Throughout her life, Nancy brought love and brightness to all she met. Helping at summer art shows with her sister Martha, catching and eating blue crabs in Cape Hatteras, NC, creating treasure hunts for her grandkids, and of course, reading. Nancy’s other hobbies included antiquing, needlepoint, horseback riding, kayaking, riding bikes, walking in the woods, line dancing, maintaining the library in her FL retirement community, She wove over 70 baskets that she gave to friends and family, wove rugs, created mosaics and macrame. Nancy spent much of her time at the Main Street Art Center in Union City, where she was a board member. James City, FL, where she spent the winters with her husband, Mark. She also attended the Pine Island United Methodist Church in St. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church in She was an elementary school teacher in the Hatboro-Horsham, Baltimore County, and Corry Area School Districts, and touched the lives of hundreds of students. Nancy grew up in Union City, PA and attended college at Edinboro University. Nancy was predeceased by her parents, Arthur Blair and Marjorie Blair Wiggers, as well as step-father Al Wiggers and step-brother Gene Wiggers. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of nearly 52 years, Mark children: Matthew (Julie Wallace) and Holly (Jason Young) sister: Martha Blair (Glenn Shaffer) step-siblings: Dee Wiggers Bartholme and Albert Wiggers (Anita), and grandchildren: Zachary, Natalie, Abigail, and Ivy nieces and nephew: Beth (Chaz), Tonda (Tim), and John (Liz) and several grand-nieces and nephews. Nancy died Friday, Jin Pittsburgh, PA following a brief battle with heart disease. It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Nancy Blair Miller, age 77, of Union City, PA.
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