Novelist Ann Petry

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Ann Petry

Living place: Connecticut

Birthday: 12-10-1908

Population of US 1908: 88,710,000

Global rank: #86481

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Who is Novelist Ann Petry?
A best-selling American author, she became known for her 1946 novel, The Street, which illuminates the hardships faced by a single, black mother in New York City . Her other works include Water Place (1947) and The Narrows (1953).
She is the first African-American female author to sell a million copies of a book.

Young / Before famous

She worked in her family's drug business for many years. After moving to New York in the early 1940s, she began publishing articles and short stories.

Family life info

She and her two sisters were born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut to Bertha and Peter Lane. In 1938, she married author George Petry.

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Her non-fiction, Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad, was published in 1955.

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When was Novelist Ann Petry born?
Ann Petry was born in 12-10-1908, death year is , at the age of 116.
Where is Novelist Ann Petry's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ann Petry was born in Connecticut, . Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Ann Petry's global rank is 86481 and whose rank is 1060 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1908 is about 88,710,000 persons.
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Events in 1908 and 12-10

Events in US in the birth year of Ann Petry

  • U.S. Supreme Court, in Danbury Hatters' case, outlaws secondary union boycotts.
  • President Roosevelt holds White House Conservation Conference, which leads to establishment of the National Conservation Commission.

Birthday Ann Petry (12-10) in history

  • Day 12-10 year 1492: The explorer Columbus first set foot in what is now known as the Bahamas.
  • Day 12-10 year 1870: Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.
  • Day 12-10 year 1960: Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.
  • Day 12-10 year 1964: The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
  • Day 12-10 year 1999: NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at his Bel Air home at age 63.
  • Day 12-10 year 2000: 17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
  • Day 12-10 year 2002: A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.
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