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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

  • ''The Street'' (1946);

  • ''Country Place'' (1947);

  • ''The Narrows'' (1953);

  • ''Tituba of Salem Village'' (1964);

  • ''Miss Muriel and Other Stories'' (1971).