Draft:Ianthe Thomas

Ianthe Thomas (also called Ianthe Mac Thomas) was a Black author, journalist, and curriculum developer. She was born in New York City. and spent her childhood in Hide Park, New York. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and then the Universidad de Coimbra to study sculpture. She had an art show showcasing her steel and iron pieces. She worked as a curriculum developer in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She lived with her husband in New York City in the mid 1970s. In the 19080's, she worked as an op-ed journalist for The Daily News. She also wrote pieces about "the 'hood and its tragedies" for the Village Voice. She died in 2002 in. Her boyfriend was arrested for her murder and later admitted to killing her, claiming that it was assisted suicide

Works
=== Books  ===


 * Lordy, Aunt Hattie (Harper & Row,1973)
 * Walk home tired, Billy Jenkins. (Harper & Row, 1974)
 * Eliza's daddy. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976)
 * My Street's a Morning Cool Street (Harper & Row, 1976)
 * Hi, Mrs. Mallory! (Harper & Row, 1979)
 * Willie Blows a Mean Horn (Harper & Row, 1981)

Articles

 * "We Don't Take Nothing from Nobody" (The Akron Beacon Journal; Wednesday, February 28, 1979)