From Kansas to Washington, Barack Obama's 'Story'
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President Obama's mother Stanley Ann with her parents, Madelyn and Stanley. According to family lore, via Maraniss, she was named after her father, who wanted a boy. Another possible piece of inspiration: Madelyn's favorite actress was Bette Davis, who played a female Stanley in the 1942 movie "In This Our Life." PHOTO: COURTESY OF DAVID MARANISS
When her father, a furniture salesman, moved the family to Vernon, Texas, Stanley Ann (far left) attended 3rd and 4th grades at Hawkins Elementary School, where she joined the Friendly Bluebirds troop. PHOTO: COURTESY OF DAVID MARANISS 
Growing up "amid the gloom of the Cold War," a friend once said Stanley Ann (top row, fourth from right, without vest) had "a sense of hope and not despair," Maraniss relays. In high school, she was a member of many clubs, including the Mercer Girls social service club. PHOTO: COURTESY OF DAVID MARANISS
In 1960, when Stanley Ann (left) was a senior at Mercer Island High near Seattle, this advertisement appeared in the school yearbook. "She was not the sort to primp or pay much attention to appearances," writes Maraniss. "She wore plaid skirts and saddle shoes and Peter Pan collars." PHOTO: COURTESY OF DAVID MARANISS
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Don't forget to read the whole article, but I can't help pointing out that the girl he identifies as fourth from right back row, IS MAXINE BOX and she didn't forget her sweater. And the image is STILL cropped. Why? Why not show us a full page of this mysterious 1960 yearbook?