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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Born: June 7, 1917
Died: December 3, 2000 (aged 83)
Bio: Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen.
Known for:
- Annie Allen (1949)
- Maud Martha (1953)
- In the Mecca; Poems (1968)
- Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956)
- The Bean Eaters (1960)
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