Information AboutAnn Petry |
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| 1997 deaths | |
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Petry graduated from the University Of Connecticut in 1931 with a degree in Pharmacy . From 1931 to 1938 she worked in her family's drugstore before moving to New York City to become a writer. She began her career as a journalist, writing for the '' Amsterdam News '' (1938-41) and the '' Peoples' Voice Of Harlem '' (1941-44), and then studied creative writing at Columbia University (1944-46). Her later writings included historical novels such as '' Harriet Tubman Conductor Of The Underground Railroad '' and '' Tituba Of Salem Village ''. WORKS BY ANN PETRY
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