Taggard Graduates from the University of California, Berkeley
Poet involved
What happened
Genevieve Taggard earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in June 1919, having worked her way through college and edited the campus literary magazine. Her graduation marked the end of her formal education and the beginning of her professional literary career.
Literary impact
Completing her degree gave Taggard the credentials and confidence to pursue writing and teaching as a profession. The rigorous academic training in English literature, combined with her extracurricular editorial work, honed her critical skills and prepared her for the demanding life of a poet, editor, and biographer.
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