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My friend, Cathy Runyan-Svacina, is holding a marble in her hand on the right.
Cathy is The Marble Lady, and known around the world for her marble collection, knowledge, and expertise.
She was the first woman to play in The National Rolley Hole Marbles Championship, and the first woman in The Marble Collectors Society of America to actively study and teach the subject of American Machine-Made Marbles From the Early 1900's through the 1960's.
She authored two books: Knuckles Down!: A Fun Guide to Marble Play, and What Goes Around.
Cathy and her husband donated one of the world's largest, most complete marble collections to the Toy and Miniature Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
She has worked with nearly a million children and adults, teaching them to play marbles, and traveled to numerous countries.
People magazine, Reminisce magazine, and Woman's World magazine have featured Cathy and her story.
She is also President of Right Brain Publishing.
Photograph © 2009 Larry F. Levenson.
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