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In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Her trip started out memorably when she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter, and she even was invited to watch him at work in his studio. Now, she's traveled to Nazi Germany. After a tense train ride and a brush with Hitler himself,...

So, I was wondering yesterday why my eyebrows, by the end of a day, have dust in them? And, then I began to wonder why we even have them. I mean, I understand why we have eyelashes. Aren’t they there to keep the dust out of our eyes? The eyebrows seem too far ‘north’ to really make a difference, don’t they? But, then I figured out the answer because when you see someone withOUT...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Her trip started out memorably when she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter, and she even was invited to watch him at work in his studio. Now, she's on her way to Germany. The following diary entry appears in her autobiography, "The...

Will someone PLEASE explain to me the results of this year's America's Got Talent? What am I...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Decades later, she wrote about her life-changing trip in her autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga." GrowingBolder.com is bringing you exclusive excerpts from the book. In part 1, she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter. In part 2, she...