Jayne Loader is an American

United States

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 director

Film director

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 and writer

Writer

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. She co-directed The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Cafe is an American documentary film produced and directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty.-Synopsis:The film covers the beginnings of the era of nuclear warfare, created from a broad range of archival film from the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s - including newsreel...

  (1982) with Pierce Rafferty

Pierce Rafferty

Filmmaker Pierce Rafferty grew up in Connecticut and moved to New York City in 1982. Some of his relatives include grandfather Marvin Pierce, president and later chairman of McCall Corporation, the publisher of the popular women's magazines Redbook and McCall's; and an early New England colonist...

 and Kevin Rafferty

Kevin Rafferty

Kevin Rafferty is an American documentary film cinematographer, director, and producer, best known for his 1982 documentary The Atomic Cafe.-Background:...

. She is the author

Author

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 of Between Pictures (1986, ISBN 0-312-91345-1), a novel, and Wild America (1989, ISBN 0-8021-1106-8), a collection of short stories. In 1995, Jayne created the CD-ROM

CD-ROM

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 and Website

Website

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 Public Shelter. From 1995 - 1997, she wrote World Wide Wench, one of the first blogs. Jayne Loader was the Co-Master of Quincy House

Quincy House

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, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate houses, along with her husband, the astronomer Robert Kirshner

Robert Kirshner

Robert Kirshner is the Clowes Professor of Science in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University. Kirshner has worked in several areas of astronomy including the physics of supernovae, supernova remnants, the Large-scale structure of the cosmos, and the use of Supernovae...

, from 2001 - 2007. She lives in Friendship, Maine.

Ms. Loader was born in Weatherford, Texas

Weatherford, Texas

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. She moved to Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

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 in 1956 and graduated from R.L. Paschal High School in 1969. In 1973, Ms. Loader graduated from Reed College

Reed College

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 in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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, with a B.A. in American Studies. In 1976, she earned an M.A in American Culture from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

, Ann Arbor.

Ms. Loader was raised by her mother, Ethel McKinley Small, an office manager. Her father, Jay Gordon Loader, retired as Secretary-Treasurer of the Florida Power Corporation in St. Petersburg. Ms. Loader's parents attended the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

, where her father was drum major of the Million Dollar Band. During War II, Jay Loader was in the 10th Mountain Division. After the War, he was a professional roller skater who toured with Gloria Nord

Gloria Nord

Gloria Nord , born "Gloria Nordskog," was an American roller skater, ice skater and pin-up girl who became known as "Sonja Henie on wheels," and "the Sonja Henie of the roller rinks." Nord was reportedly "adored by millions in the 1940s and 1950s for her balletic finesse and theatrical...

's revue, Skating Vanities.