Marita bonner biography of donald

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  • Marita bonner
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  • Biography of Marita Bonner
  • On Being Young—a Woman—and Colored by Marita O. Bonner (1925)

    • Marita O. Bonner
    short story writer, essayist and playwright
    1899-1971

    Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1899, short story writer, essayist, and playwright, Marita O. Bonner was one of four children born to Joseph and Mary Anne Bonner.

    Educated in the public schools of the Boston suburb, Brookline, Marita excelled in academic affairs, music, writing and the German language.

    1918

    • Enrolled in Radcliffe College in Massachusetts, majoring in English and Comparative Literature.

    • Completed a highly competitive writing seminar and embarked on her writing career.

    • Won the Radcliffe University Songwriting competition.

    • Commenced her lifelong vocation of teaching at the high school level as a teacher at Cambridge High School in Boston.

    1922 - 1924

    • Taught at Bluefield Colored High School in Washington, DC metropolitan area.

    • Befriended by playwright Georgia Douglas Johnson whose home at 1461 S Street was an important gathering