Papers of Rita Mae Brown, 1971-2000.

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Papers of Rita Mae Brown, 1971-2000.

The collection consists chiefly of manuscripts of books, research material, and pre-publication correspondence and material. In addition the collection contains personal correspondence, desk diaries and calendars, clippings, and memorabilia. A decorated, manual typewriter used by Brown as a teenager is included.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7648757

University of Virginia. Library

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Brown, Rita Mae, 1944-

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Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns, but tended to feud with their leaders over the marginalising of lesbians within the feminist groups. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the Lambda Literary Awards in 2015. Brown was born in 1944 in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried teenage mother and her mother's ...