Complex sentence: Of Dutch descent, Brinkema was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and received her B.A. from Douglass College in 1966 and undertook graduate studies in philosophy at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1966) and New York University (1967-1969).
Split into simpler sentences: Of Dutch descent, Brinkema was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. She received her B.A. from Douglass College in 1966 and undertook graduate studies in philosophy at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1966) and New York University (1967-1969).