Was told by her mother that she would be a "durn fool" if she got
married to L. Frank Baum the night she told her she wanted to marry
him.
Maud Baum was the daughter of feminist Matilda Joslyn Gage. Though
largely forgotten today, L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law Matilda was a
major force in women's rights.
Destroyed most of L. Frank Baum's unpublished manuscripts