Eudora Lias, undaunted by a childhood illness that left her unable to walk, was a newspaper correspondent, stenographer, and typist. At the age of nineteen she started a private kindergarten in her home, and became a beloved teacher. Between 1937 and 1951, she wrote 700 Charlottesville columns for the Norfolk Journal and Guide. A voracious reader, she was once described as “the most conversant person to be found anywhere on almost any subject.”