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Jane Yolen

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 11-2-1939 (85 years old)

Population of US 1939: 130,879,718

Global rank: #32891

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Who is Young author Jane Yolen?
An author of books on young adult pictures, she is known for Owl Moon, How Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, and the award-winning Nebula stories, Sister Emily Lightship. Perhaps her most famous work, The Devil Arithmetic, deals with the themes of the Holocaust
. She was the first woman to give lectures to Andrew Lang.

Young / Before famous

She grew up in New York, California and Virginia. She attended Smith College and published her first young adult book, The Bird of Time in 1971.

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She had three children with her husband, David W. Stemple, whom she married in 1962. She and Steple settled in Massachusetts and also owned a home in Scotland.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Young author Jane Yolen?
She and J. K. Rowling are both authors of children's and adult fiction.

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When was Young author Jane Yolen born?
Jane Yolen birthday 11-2-1939 (at the age of 85).
Where is Young author Jane Yolen's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jane Yolen was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a Young author, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Jane Yolen's global rank is 32891 and whose rank is 41 in list of famous Young author. Population of US in 1939 is about 130,879,718 persons.

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Events in 1939 and 11-2

Events in US in the birth year of Jane Yolen

As World War II begins, Roosevelt submits $1,319-million defense budget, proclaims U.S. neutrality, and declares limited emergency.
New York World's Fair opens. Background: exposition
Daughters of the American Revolution refuses to allow Marian Anderson to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Department of Agriculture starts first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y. Program ends in 1943.

Birthday Jane Yolen (11-2) in history

Day 11-2 year 1805: Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
Day 11-2 year 1809: Engineer Robert Fulton patented his steamship.
Day 11-2 year 1858: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
Day 11-2 year 1929: Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.
Day 11-2 year 1945: Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
Day 11-2 year 1970: Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.
Day 11-2 year 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government.
Day 11-2 year 1989: The Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first woman bishop.
Day 11-2 year 1990: South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.
Day 11-2 year 2011: As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.
Day 11-2 year 2012: Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.