Rebecca Grace Stone was born and raised on a farm in Alabama. She received her BS in nursing from Tuskegee University. She served in the US Army Nurse Corp and reached the rank of ...view moreRebecca Grace Stone was born and raised on a farm in Alabama. She received her BS in nursing from Tuskegee University. She served in the US Army Nurse Corp and reached the rank of captain. She started writing poetry at the age of nine, when she used to hide her work under her mattress.view less