sentences:  Sterling worked for "Time" from 1936 to 1949 and was then assistant bureau chief in Life’s news bureau from 1944 to 1949.Starting in the 1950s, she authored more than 30 books, mainly non-fiction historical works for children on the origins of the women's and anti-slavery movements, civil rights, segregation, and nature, as well as mysteries.In 1937, she married Philip Sterling (died 1989), also a writer.