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Rita Mae Brown

1944 - Today

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Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the Lambda Literary Awards in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rita Mae Brown is the 5,043rd most popular writer (up from 5,198th in 2019), the 7,665th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,467th in 2019) and the 576th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rita Mae Brown ranks 5,043 out of 7,302. Before her are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Atiq Rahimi, Nicholas Evans, Vladimir Makanin, Kalhana, and George Washington Williams. After her are Lin Shu, Fatos Kongoli, Henriette Roland Holst, Wendela Hebbe, Jean Vautrin, and Xosé María Díaz Castro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rita Mae Brown ranks 514. Before her are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Kansai Yamamoto, Margaret Avery, Emilio Zapico, Terry Jacks, and Botho Strauß. After her are Fatos Kongoli, Paul Keating, Alan Woods, Bobby Womack, Monty Alexander, and Antti Tuuri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rita Mae Brown ranks 7,667 out of 20,380. Before her are Mitchell Leisen (1898), George Washington Williams (1849), Joan Shawlee (1926), Robert Farnan (1877), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), and George Kojac (1910). After her are Marion Jones Farquhar (1879), Julian Steward (1902), David Johansen (1950), Mark Jackson (1965), Gregg Rolie (1947), and Alexandra Hedison (1969).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rita Mae Brown ranks 576. Before her are Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Rod Serling (1924), Edmund Wilson (1895), Louella Parsons (1881), Frank Norris (1870), and George Washington Williams (1849). After her are Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), John Gardner (1933), Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Julia Alvarez (1950), and Robert Charles Wilson (1953).

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