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926 - Born on the 13th of January in East Orange, New Jersey.
1947 - Heilbrun graduated from Wellesley College.
1951 - Attended graduate school in English literature at Columbia University, receiving her M.A.
1960 - She taught English at Columbia.
1964 - In the Last Analysis.
1970 - Poetic Justice.
1973 - Toward a Recognition of Androgyny.
1995 - The Education of a Woman.
- Heilbrun was the first woman to receive tenure in the English department.
2003 - Died on the 9th of October.
1947 - Heilbrun graduated from Wellesley College.
1951 - Attended graduate school in English literature at Columbia University, receiving her M.A.
1960 - She taught English at Columbia.
1964 - In the Last Analysis.
1970 - Poetic Justice.
1973 - Toward a Recognition of Androgyny.
1995 - The Education of a Woman.
- Heilbrun was the first woman to receive tenure in the English department.
2003 - Died on the 9th of October.
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- "Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed."
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