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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.
Rita Mae Brown, born 28 November 1944, is a prolific American writer and feminist. She is mostly known for her first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. The novel dealt with lesbian themes in an explicit manner unusual for the time when the novel was written.
Explore the books by Rita Mae Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, the Sister Jane Foxhunting Mysteries, and more. Find out about her latest releases, awards, and events.
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- Rubyfruit Jungle.
- Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy, #1) by Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown.
- Rest in Pieces (Mrs. Murphy #2)
- Murder at Monticello (Mrs. Murphy #3)
- Rita Mae Brown was allegedly forced out of college for civil rights activism. Brown started her freshman year of college at the University of Florida in 1962.
- She witnessed the beginning of the Stonewall uprising firsthand. Brown and a friend were walking through Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969, when they heard the approach of police vehicles.
- Brown helped stage a dramatic protest at the National Organization for Women’s Second Congress to unite women. Brown joined the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1968, but it wasn’t long before she found herself at odds with NOW co-founder and prominent feminist activist Betty Friedan.
- Brown’s debut novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, was a literary sensation. Brown wrote Rubyfruit Jungle—a largely autobiographical coming-of-age novel about a young lesbian who moves to New York after being booted out of the University of Florida—in 1971, when she was 26 or 27 years old.
Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; the Runnymede novels, including Six of One and Cakewalk; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day; and many other books.
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Rubyfruit Jungle is the first novel by Rita Mae Brown. Published in 1973, it was remarkable in its day for its explicit portrayal of lesbianism. The novel is a coming-of-age autobiographical account of Brown's youth and emergence as a lesbian author.
