In the spring of 1964, during her study at the University of Florida in Gainesville, she became active in the American Civil Rights Movement. Brown is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry. In 1982, Brown wrote a screenplay parodying the slasher genre titled Sleepless Nights retitled The Slumber Party Massacre, the producers decided to play it seriously, and it was given a limited release theatrically. īrown wrote for Rat, an alternative bi-weekly that eventually became New York City's first women's liberation newspaper. in literature from Union Institute & University in 1976 and holds a doctorate in political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. In 1968, she received a certificate in cinematography from the New York School of Visual Arts. Early career īrown hitchhiked to New York City and lived there between 19, sometimes homeless, while attending New York University where she received a degree in Classics and English. She subsequently enrolled at Broward Community College with the hope of transferring eventually to a more tolerant four-year institution. In the spring of 1964, the administrators of the racially segregated university expelled her for participating in the civil rights movement. Starting in late 1962, Brown attended the University of Florida on a scholarship. Julia and Ralph Brown were active Republicans in their local party. Her mother's cousin, Julia Brown, and her husband, Ralph, retrieved the newborn Brown from the orphanage, and raised her as their own in York, Pennsylvania, and later in Ft. Brown's birth mother left her at an orphanage. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the Lambda Literary Awards in 2015.īrown was born in 1944 in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried teenage mother and her mother's married boyfriend. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups. Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle.
Union Institute and University ( MA, PhD)
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