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Rita Mae Brown was a contemporary American writer, activist, and feminist. Rita Mae Brown 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. Read more on Wikipedia →

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