Margaret Heafield akaberekwa musi waAugust 17, 1936, muPaoli, Indiana, kuna Kenneth Heafield naRuth Esther Heafield (née Partington). Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kubva kuHancock High School muna 1954, akadzidza masvomhu paYunivhesiti yeMichigan muna 1955. Akawana BA mune masvomhu aine chidiki mufilosofi kubva kuEarlham College muna 1958. Akadzidzisa kwenguva pfupi masvomhu uye chiFrench mushure mekupedza kudzidza kuti atsigire murume wake achishanda pachikoro chake chekutanga paHarvard University. Akatamira kuBoston, Massachusetts, nechinangwa chekuita zvidzidzo zvakapedza kudzidza muasvomhu paBrandeis University.
Hancock High School