Poet, teacher, and peace activist, Cora Brooks graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and holds certificates in child sexual abuse intervention and American Sign Language. She taught writing at Goddard, Lesley, and Wheaton colleges, and published her poetry in a number of journals and collections of verse. She also taught poetry and writing in the public schools in Massachusetts and Vermont, and worked as a tutor with children with special needs in Montpelier, Vermont. She was a director of Chelsea (Vermont) Help for Battered Women. Brooks is also a longtime activist, demonstrating against nuclear power, the Vietnam War, and the reinstatement of the draft; she was arrested on numerous occasions but charges were dismissed.
From the description of Papers of Cora Brooks, 1973-2009 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 542505804
