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(1929-2020) Author. Florence Howe was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Florence Howe

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Ms. Howe lived for a time in the Bronx, New York.

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OTHER

Ms. Howe taught at Hofstra College in Hempstead, New York.

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OTHER

Ms. Howe taught at Queens College.

1929

BIRTH

Florence Rosenfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 17, 1929.

1943

OTHER

Ms. Howe entered Hunter College High School in Manhattan, New York, in 1943 and was a graduate of that school.

1950

OTHER

Ms. Howe received a bachelor of arts in English from Hunter College in Manhattan, New York, in 1950.

1971

OTHER

Ms. Howe began teaching at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, New York, in 1971.

1984

LITWORK

Myths of Coeducation
University of Indiana Press
0253339669 / 978-0253339669
Collection of essays.

1987

LITWORK

With Wings: An Anthology Of Literature By And About Women With Disabilities
New York: The Feminist Press
9780935312614
Nonfiction edited with Marsha Saxton.

1988

LITWORK

Women and Higher Education in American History: Essays FRom The Mount Holyoke College Sesquicentenial Symposia
New York: W. W. Norton & Company
9780393025019
Nonfiction edited with John Mack Faragher.

1991

LITWORK

Tradition and the Talents of Women
Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press
0252016858 / 978-0252016851
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

The Politics of Women's Studies: Testimony from Thirty Founding Mothers
New York: The Feminist Press
9781558612419
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

Almost Touching the Skies: Women's Coming of Age Stories
New York: The Feminist Press
9781558612341
Nonfiction written with Jean Casella.

2011

LITWORK

A Life In Motion
The Feminist Press
1558616977 / 978-1558616974
Memoir.

2020

DEATH

Florence Howe died in Manhattan, New York, on September 12, 2020.

2020

RESIDENCE

Ms. Howe lived on Manhattan's Upper West Side at the time of her death.

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