With philosophy and psychology courses behind her, Gertrude decided on a career in medicine and enrolled at Johns Hopkins University. She later studied medicine in Europe and eventually dismissed the whole idea. She returned to America to live with friends in New York. An extensive resource for all Gertrude Stein readers, scholars, admirers. This site's mission is to make room for new perspectives on Gertrude Stein, make accessible new materials on the life and work of Gertrude Stein, make permeable the boundaries between academic and popular cultural views, make a contribution to the worldwide appreciation of Gertrude Stein and to foster the study and performance of her work.
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Gertude Stein was born in Pennsylvania to Jewish-Bavarian parents. She was educated briefly in Europe and then at Radcliffe. She studied psychology under William James, and his influence runs through her work. Her life in Paris motivated much of her experimental writing.