Rule, Jane

British Columbia author Jane Rule was born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1931. She received her B.A. from Mills College, Oakland in 1952 and attended University College in London, 1952/53 as an "occasional student". In 1954 Rule taught at the Concord Academy in Massachusetts. Rule first came to Vancouver in 1956, where after writing for two years she became the first assistant director of UBC's newly-established International House in its first year of operation (1958/59). Thereafter she taught periodically in the English and Creative Writing Departments at the University. Rule has distinguished herself has one of British Columbia's best fiction writers. She also made significant contributions in nonfiction, particularly homosexuality and women's rights.

From the description of Jane Rule fonds. 1947-1989. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606455799