Background
Newman"s father was a United States Air Force captain. Her mother was a psychologist.
Newman"s father was a United States Air Force captain. Her mother was a psychologist.
In 1971 she both graduated from Antioch College and married Paul Richard Newman, a physicist.
She also gained a master"s in medieval literature in 1973 from Michigan State University and then doctoral work in Medieval studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Newman lectures widely in medieval history and lives in Oregon.