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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Stories and content by Rachel Robinson
Gertrude Beasley, author of “My First Thirty Years,” in an undated photo.

The Iconoclastic Flamboyance of Gertrude Beasley

By Rachel Robinson / January 14, 2022
Ninety-six years ago, Gertrude Beasley (M.A., 1918) published a scathing memoir unmasking the rampant abuse faced by women in the rural South, and disappeared shortly after. Her story is now being widely read for the first time.
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