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African American- Chloe Anthony Wofford ~ Toni Morrison ~Born~February 18, 1931 Lorain Ohio ~Gratuated from Howard in 1953 ~Continued to study at Cornell Univeresity where she earned a fine arts degree in 1955 ~married to Harold Morrison 1958-1964 ~two sons Harold and Slade ~Taught English at Texas Southern University and Howard University ~ left academia in 1965 taking a job at Random House, New York ~First novel __The Bluest eyes__ published 1970 ~became a professor at Princeton University in 1989 ~1993 recieved nobel prize in literature ~ first african american to be selected for the award ~Considered one of the best contemporary novelist Message: If you leave your mind wide open, your options will be too.

1955 || || Job: || ~she taught english at texas southern university and howard university ~she left academia taking a job as senior editor for Random House in New York 1965 || || First Novel: || she wrote her first novel __The Bluest Eyes__ while she was teaching at Howard and caring for her two children. published 1970 || || Accomplishments: || Toni Morrison was the first African American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 ||
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 * 6 ||  || "Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company."

~this quote was said by Toni Morrison from her Nobel Lecture on December 7, 1993 ||
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http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/morrison.html

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