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[i]#RealRene on the hastily arranged group photo. "It was on-again, off-again, and no one could find a mockup for the shot." And, truly, NASA had more important things to do than to send memoranda to career military wives about what to wear to a shoot. #RealLouise would never have rebuked a fellow career Navy wife about a pretty dress. She conceded #RealRene genius/beauty and befriended. This hastily arranged photo ran in the far back pages on the first LIFE story on the women, with 1st-person bios on each wife. On the other hand, LIFE '59 cover shot: exquisitely choreographed by the seven women and Ralph Morse. Wolfe gets this story better than anyone. #RealRene says extensive mutual checks to coordinate tops and lipstick colors, only to have their lips Pantoned magenta by LIFE photo editors. #RealLouise, a devout Christian Scientist, had 'otherworldly' personality — not frosty, catty, petty. #RealRene filled with admiration for her. Career Navy wives after 10+ years of squadron life have solidarity as group DNA. The flakes and mean girls have by then fallen away.[/i]
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