Early Life  After graduating from high school in Weymouthcitation needed  While doing an assignment my instructor sent us to the Chicago Public Library site  It states After she attended public school in Monroeville she attended Huntingdon College a private school for women in Montgomery for a year and then transferred to the University of Alabama After graduation Lee studied at Oxford University She returned to the University of Alabama to study law but withdrew six months before graduation  Thought this might help if anyone would like to write it in wiki style  I dont have the time      Black and White Ball Whats with the line about the Black And White Ball of Truman Capotes  Is it really a pertinent biographical detail to say that Ms Lee was extended an invitation  Not being a scholar on the subject I may be missing something but if its really important could it be fleshed out a bit to make it clear that its more than useless trivia    Why a recluse I came to this article to discover why exactly Harper Lee became a recluse It does not really say for sure I would be interested in knowing that if anyone happens to know  She didnt exactly become a recluse She just doesnt give interviews or write novels She does have friends and family and she travels frequently     Misspelling   Is the word anticlimatic spelt wrong Is it anticlimacticyes it is sorry unsigned comment by  Youre right Feel free to correct typos and other errors yourself     New or Nord   In the text body the interviewer is Newquist in the references it is Nordquist Pls reconcile  Oxford  Does anyone know what college Ms Lee went to at Oxford and what she studied while there  I believe she was studying law when she went to Oxford for a oneyear exchange program from the University of Alabama I cant find a reference to which college she joined If this was before the colleges became coeducational that might narrow the candidates down to a few I think Lady Margaret St Hughs St Hildas and Somerville were womens colleges     Whats going on  I came to this article cause i wanted to know what was going through her life to start a new beginning of books etc but it doesnt tell that much  unsigned comment by  typos in original comment corrected by   Wikipedia limits itself to information that is verifiable Since there is no verifiable information about Lees literary ambitions and not much about her private life at all the subject is not detailed here    NY Times New York Times had a January   article with an update on Lees lifeunsigned comment by   Youll note that a link to the article is already included in the references section I didnt see much in the Times that would add to this article but feel free to add any information you think is relevant    Claims of descent from Robert E Lee  Our article claimed that Harper Lee was a descendant of the Confederate General A reader sent an email to the Robert E Lee Memorial Association to confirm this They advised I regret that Harper Lee is not a descendant of General Robert E Lee  There is a chart of Gen Lees descendants on the Stratford web site wwwstratfordhallorg  Click on history in the left navigation bar then click on Robert E Lee scroll to the bottom of his page and see the link to his family tree  General Robert E Lee has very few descendants considering that he had seven children  None of his daughters married and only two of his sons had children  I hope that this information is helpful  The claim has been removed from our article    Thank you for your research and correction direct link to Lees family tree    I went back to see what idiot stuck that in there and apparently the idiot was me The first reference on this page includes the error but I dont know which came first and I dont recall wher