--- description: Tuesday's Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of American scholar: Gloria E. Anzaldúa. Here's what to know about her title: Google Doodle Celebrates Gloria E. Anzaldúa: What to Know image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bbb515674c881c5/6988df5c196cf45678042122/gloria-e-anzalduas-75th-birthday-google-doodle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Google Doodle](/tag/google-doodle/) ## Google Doodle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Doodle Celebrates Gloria E. Anzaldúa's Birthday. Here's What to Know About Her by [Rachel Lewis](/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:16 AM CUTPublished: Sep 26, 2017 12:08 PM CUT  The Google Doodle for Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s 75th Birthday, Sept. 26, 2017. The Google Doodle for Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s 75th Birthday, Sept. 26, 2017.Google by [Rachel Lewis](/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:16 AM CUTPublished: Sep 26, 2017 12:08 PM CUT Tuesday’s Google Doodle celebrates the 75th birthday of [American scholar](http://time.com/4234719/college-textbooks-female-writers/ "undefined") Gloria E. Anzaldúa. Anzaldúa spent her life investigating and writing about society, feminism, borders and identity, inspired by a childhood on the [Mexico-Texas border](http://time.com/4729470/mexico-border-wall-trump-undocumented-immigrants/ "undefined"). She died in 2004 at age 61. Born on September 26 in 1942 in the Rio Grande Valley, Anzaldúa wrote about mixed identity in books such as _Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza_ and _Light in the Dark: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality._ She graduated from Pan American University in 1969 and went on to teach migrant students before moving to California in 1977\. She was awarded a posthumous Ph.D. in literature by the University of California Santa Cruz. The doodle celebrates her mixed identity, power as a woman, and ability to live across geographical and social divides. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4956932/google-doodle-birthday-gloria-anzaldua-75/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4956932/google-doodle-birthday-gloria-anzaldua-75/"},"headline":"Google Doodle Celebrates Gloria E. Anzaldúa's Birthday. 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