Simple Boring Facts
Where did she live?
Monroeville, Alabama
Who was her best friend?
Truman Capote
Where did she go to college?
All-Female Huntingdon College in Montgomery
What was the name of the article she worked on with Truman Capote?
The New Yorker
What was the name of the other book she wrote?
Go Set a Watchman
What was her father's job?
Lawyer
How would most people describe her personality?
Tomboy
Where did she transfer to?
University of Alabama
How many Scottsboro boys were arrested?
9
How old was she when she died?
89
When was she born?
April 28, 1926
How did she feel about school?
She believed it was boring.
What club did she work on in college?
School Newspaper
What were the two crimes that were meantioned when talking about the court cases?
Murder and Rape
What was her full name?
What was Harper Lee's mother's mental disorder?
Bipolar Disorder
Who did she want to be when she grew up?
Jane Austen of Southern Alabama
What was her original career and what did she change to?
First Lawyer then Writer
In what year did Harper Lee's father defend two blacks accused of murder?
1919
How did Harper Lee die?
Stroke
How many siblings did she have? Was she the oldest? Youngest? Something else?
Youngest of 4 children
What type of authors were her favorite?
19th-century British Authors
Where did she go as an exchage student over the summer?
Oxford University
In 1933, _______________, a poor white woman, accused ______________ of rape.
Noami Lowery, Walter Lett
Name all 3 of her siblings.
Alice, Edwin, Louise