Pool, Rosey E., 1905-1971

Author, educator, and editor of two anthologies of African American poetry; b. Amsterdam.

From the description of Papers, 1959-1967. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941204

• 1905 May 7: Born in Amsterdam, Holland.
• 1925: Trained as a teacher for elementary schools before entering Amsterdam University to read Germanic Languages, in addition to drama, folk literature and music. Her studies continued in Munich and Berlin, where she earned her Ph.D.
• 1930 - 1959 : Taught American Negro literature by radio and by giving public readings.
• 1936 - 1943 : Led a language school in Amsterdam for adult refugees from Nazi Germany.
• 1939 - 1942 : Taught at the Jewish Comprehensive Secondary School in Amsterdam. Anne Frank (Diary ofa Young Girl) was one of her pupils. Dr. Pool was among the first people to read the manuscript of the Anne Frank diary and wrote its first English translation.
• 1940 - 1945 : Lived in Holland, joined the underground resistance against the Hitler occupation, was imprisoned, escaped, and lived hidden for nineteen months until liberation.
• 1949: Taught Dutch to adults (Holboin College).
• 1959 - 1960 : First visit to the United States as a Fulbright scholar.
• 1971: Died.

Source: Rosey E. Pool Papers Box 82-3 Folder 171

From the guide to the Rose E. Pool Papers, 1959-1967, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)