![]() ![]() Her college education includes receiving a B.A. She spent a lot of her time writing poems and songs that expressed her social and political disenchantment. When teachers couldn't give her acceptable answers to her questions she became a loner, sullen and looking for an outlet for her frustrations. The young writer felt that George McGovern should have been the new president, since he had lost the election to Nixon. Her political views were crushed when Nixon resigned and Ford was sworn in. ![]() Although she dated a basketball player and had a clique of girls she belonged to, her sexuality was not conforming to the ideas of many of her classmates and she found herself questioning everything. She never felt that she truly belonged in either location, but began to define herself as "outside of the world" even before she reached her teens.Īs is the case for many teens, her high school years were confusing. Her mother was not wealthy, but her grandparents were, she felt the economic differences each time she moved from one location to the other. Although she was born in Columbus, Ohio she and her younger brother, who is biracial, grew up moving back and forth between South Carolina and Brooklyn, NY between 19 until her grandmother finally settled in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Childhood and Youth Jacqueline Amanda Woodson was born to Jack and Mary Ann Woodson on February 12, 1963. ![]()
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