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Minnie Bruce Pratt was born on 12 September, 1946 in Selma, Alabama, U.S., is an American educator, activist and essayist (1946–2023). Discover Minnie Bruce Pratt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Occupation Professor of Writing and Women's Studies
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 12 September, 1946
Birthday 12 September
Birthplace Selma, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death 2 July, 2023
Died Place Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Leslie Feinberg

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1946

Minnie Bruce Pratt (September 12, 1946 – July 2, 2023 ) was an American poet, educator, activist, and essayist.

Pratt was born in Selma, Alabama, on September 12, 1946, and grew up in Centreville, Alabama.

Her parents were Virginia Brown Pratt, a social worker, and William Luther Pratt Jr., a clerk.

1968

She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Alabama (1968) and earned a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1979).

1975

In 1975, Pratt and her husband divorced in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

She lost custody of her children because the state criminalized homosexual activity at the time.

Pratt's children, Ben and Ransom Weaver, announced in June 2023 that Pratt had been diagnosed with a 'severe health problem' and was receiving palliative care.

She died in Syracuse, New York, on July 2, 2023, at the age of 76.

Her New York Times obituary specified that she had suffered from glioblastoma.

1977

In 1977, Pratt helped to found WomanWrites, a Southeastern lesbian writers conference.

1978

While attending the University of North Carolina in 1978, she joined Feminary, a southern feminist writing collective based in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina.

1984

In 1984, she co-founded LIPS, a Washington, D.C. lesbian affinity group.

1987

As the group's last public action, they participated in civil disobedience at the 1987 protest of the Bowers v. Hardwick sodomy law decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first group to be arrested at this protest.

Her political affiliations included the International Action Center, the National Women's Fightback Network, and the National Writers Union; she also served as managing editor of the Workers World Party newspaper.

1990

Pratt wrote the 1990 book Crimes Against Nature, in which she described losing custody of her children because of her lesbianism.

Pratt wrote extensively on race, class, gender, and sexual theory.

1991

Along with lesbian writers Chrystos and Audre Lorde, she received a 1991 Hellman/Hammett award from the Fund for Free Expression to writers "who have been victimized by political persecution".

1996

Pratt appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's 1996 film, The Transexual Menace.

Pratt served on the faculty of the distance education school Union Institute & University.

2005

Pratt joined Syracuse University in 2005.

Pratt divided her time between Syracuse, New York and Centreville, Alabama.

2011

Feinberg and Pratt married in New York and Massachusetts in 2011.

Pratt had two sons, Ben and Ransom Weaver, by a previous marriage to poet Marvin E. Weaver II, which started while she attended college.

2014

She was the widow of author-activist Leslie Feinberg, who died in November 2014 at age 65.

2015

She retired in 2015 from her position as Professor of Writing and Women's Studies at Syracuse University where she was invited to help develop the university's first LGBT studies program.