A Women’s History Moment ~ Anita Faye Hill (1956-)

Author, educator, and attorney Anita Faye Hill was born in Lone Tree, near Morris, Oklahoma, on July 30, 1956. She was one of thirteen children born to Albert and Irma Hill, who farmed in the Okmulgee County area. Her parents set high moral standards for her, and she was reared in the Baptist faith. Academically gifted, Hill graduated as valedictorian from Morris High School in 1973. A National Merit Scholar, she attended Oklahoma State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1977. She enrolled in the Yale University Law School, obtaining a doctorate in jurisprudence in 1980.