2. Background Information Born: February 27, 1880 Boston, Massachusetts Died: June 10, 1958 Aged 78 New York City, New York Occupation: Author, Journalist, Poet
3. Angelina’s education Education: Boston Normal school of Gymnastics (Wellesley College) Moved to Washington, D.C. with her father. 1902, started teaching English at Armstrong Manual training school. Left position in 1916 to teach at the legendary Dunbar High School, while taking classes at Harvard.
4. Angelina’s Life She was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a biracial family, ancestors included slaveholders, abolitionists, European-American slaves, and Midwesterners. Moved to the Midwest with Sarah, Sarah began a career of her own, sent Angelina back to Massachusetts. Angelina was not a resident of Harlem, however she was associated with the Harlem Renaissance movement. Grimke produced a play in Washington D.C. After her dad died, she moved to New York, and lived there before she died.
5. Works Grimke wrote essays, short stories and poems Published in The Crisis, Opportunity, The New Negro, Caroling Dusk, and Negro Poets and Their Poems.
6. The Closing Door A sad but realistic story. The story gets its title from every time someone enters the room, there is a closing door right after she leaves the room. Focuses on Agnes Milton, the story talks in the past when she was a happy, giving person. Agnes changes, wants to be alone. She is very quiet all the time and doesn’t have much to say, when the baby was born, asked if it was dead and acts like if she doesn’t have interest in the baby.
7. Synopsis We believe she sank into a deep depression and couldn’t get out of it because of the lack of motivation. Each time Agnes walked out of the room, the door closed behind her (how title got its name). The only thing she looked forward to was her brother’s letter and then her brother was killed for not moving out of a white man’s way, and the actions retaliated. She eventually killed the baby, due to depression and sadness.
