Norma Stafford
Norma Stafford (April 12, 1932 - November 4, 2005) was an American poet. Born in Tennessee in 1932, she was the tenth of ten children.[1] Stafford attended nursing school, but subsequently left when it was discovered she was lesbian. Stafford was arrested for various misdemeanors and spent five years in prison. While at the California Institution for Women, she began writing poetry and received education through the Santa Cruz Women's Prison Project. After being released from prison, Stafford continued to write poetry.[2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Franklin, H. (1998). Prison Writing in 20th-Century America. Penguin Books. pp. 239–241. ISBN 978-0-14-027305-2.
- ^ Scheffler, Judith A. (2002). Wall Tappings: An International Anthology of Women's Prison Writings, 200 to the Present. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 250. ISBN 9781558612730.
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- ^ Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe (2017-02-07). Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison. New Press, The. ISBN 9781620971239.
- ^ "Norma Stafford". Lake County Record-Bee. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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