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(1913-2008) Author. Dorothy Sterling was born in Manhattan, New York. She attended school at Public School 46 in Washington Heights and later attended the Dalton School. She graduated from Barnard College in 1934.

Full Name

Dorothy Sterling

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1913

BIRTH

Dorothy Dannenberg was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1913.

1934

OTHER

Sterling graduated from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York in 1934.

1951

LITWORK

Sophie and Her Puppies


Children's book.

1954

LITWORK

Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman


Nonfiction.

1958

LITWORK

Captain of the Planter: The Story of Robert Smalls


Nonfiction.

1958

LITWORK

Tender Warriors

1959

LITWORK

Mary Jane


Novel for young adults.

1963

LITWORK

Forever Free: The Story of the Emancipation Proclamation


Nonfiction for children.

1963

LITWORK

Tear Down The Walls!: A History Of The American Civil Rights Movement


Nonfiction for young adults.

1964

LITWORK

Lucretia Mott: Gentle Warrior


Biography.

1972

LITWORK

It Started In Montgomery


Nonfiction for children.

1979

LITWORK

Black Foremothers: Three Lives


Nonfiction for young adults.

2005

LITWORK

Close To My Heart: An Autobiography


Memoir.

2008

DEATH

Dorothy Sterling died in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, in 2008.

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