Brown also has a doctorate in political science from the institute for Policy Studies in Washington. in literature from Union Institute & Univeristy in 1976. Subsequently, she received another degree in cinematography from the New York School of Visual Arts. In the meantime, she attended New York Univeristy where she received a degree in English and Classics. Later she enrolled at Broward Community College with the hope of transferring to a more tolerant four-year institution.īetween the years, 19, Brown lived in New York City where she sometimes was homeless. However, she was expelled in the spring of 1964 because the administrators of the racially segregated university did not like her participating in the civil rights movement. In late 1962, Brown attended the University of Florida at Gainesville on a scholarship. Instead, Brown was raised by her mother’s cousin Julia Brown and her husband Ralph who lived in York, Pennsylvania, and later in Ft. She was left at an orphanage because her mother was too young to take care of her. Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried, teenage mother and her mother’s married boyfriend. The novel dealt with lesbian themes in an explicit manner unusual for the time when the novel was written. She is mostly known for her first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Rita Mae Brown, born 28 November 1944, is a prolific American writer and feminist.
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