![]() ![]() Claire's School of Nursing as a librarian (1965–66) was head librarian of the Towne School library (1966–68) invited to Tougaloo, a black college in Jackson, Mississippi, to teach her first poetry workshop (1967) met Frances Clayton who became her life partner published The First Cities with Poet's Press (1967) joined the faculty of City College of the City University of New York as a lecturer in creative writing (1968) was a lecturer in the education department of Herbert H. Worked at Mount Vernon Public Library (1960–62), and St. M.L.S., in 1961 married Edward Ashley Rollins (an attorney), on Ma(divorced) life partner of Frances Clayton children: Elizabeth Rollins and Jonathan Rollins (both born in the mid-1960s). ![]() Virgin Islands, on Novemdaughter of Frederick Byron Lorde (a real estate broker) and Linda (Belmar) Lorde attended National University of Mexico, 1954 Hunter College, B.A., in 1959 Columbia University. ![]() Born Audrey Geraldine Lorde on February 18, 1934, in New York, New York died of cancer in St. Name variations: also published under the name Rey Domini, a Latinate version of Audre Lorde, and later, sometimes known by the African name, Gamba Adisa. American poet, essayist, and activist now acknowledged as one of the foremost feminist voices of the 20th century, whose work confronts issues of identity, racism, sexism, and heterosexism. ![]()
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