Anne Rivers Siddons is an American novelist who writes stories set in the southern United States

Southern United States

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Born Sybil Anne Rivers in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, she was raised in Fairburn, Georgia

Fairburn, Georgia

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, and attended Auburn University

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority

Delta Delta Delta

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. While at Auburn she wrote a column for the student newspaper, The Auburn Plainsman

The Auburn Plainsman

The Auburn Plainsman is the student-run newspaper for Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. It has notably received awards for excellence from the Associated Collegiate Press and is the second-most decorated student publication in the history of the National Pacemaker competition.It is published...

, that favored integration. The university administration attempted to suppress the column, and ultimately fired her, and the column garnered national attention.