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5 ways Maya Angelou influenced education (continued)

1. She wrote for everyone.

Outside of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as one of the most taught books in high schools
across the country, as well as in many collegiate American Studies classes, Angelou’s
Phenomenal Woman collection of poems is iconic in women’s studies; the poem “Phenomenal
Woman” was included in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1978.

During the early 1990s, Angelou wrote several books for children, including Life Doesn’t Frighten
Me (1993), which also featured the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat; My Painted House, My
Friendly Chicken, and Me (1994), and Kofi and His Magic (1996), both collaborations with the
photographer Margaret Courtney-Clark.

2. She never stopped learning…or teaching.

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3. She inspired programs at colleges and universities.

One example is at Winston Salem University, which began the Maya Angelou Institute for the
Improvement of Child and Family Education. The mission of the Institute is to improve child and
family education through community partnerships, program development and implementation,
professional education and research.

The Institute initiates interdisciplinary collaborations within the Winston Salem State University Sponsored Content
community, with Winston-Salem Forsyth County public elementary schools and community Active learning without the
service organizations. The intent of the Institute is to mount initiatives designed to give children barriers – how teachers
and families the tools needed to thrive educationally, socially, physically, and psychologically. respond
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