▁seg reg ated ▁system ▁of ▁the ▁capital . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁teaching ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁Dun bar ▁High ▁School ▁for ▁black ▁students , ▁ren owned ▁for ▁its ▁academic ▁excell ence . ▁One ▁of ▁her ▁pup ils ▁was ▁the ▁future ▁poet ▁and ▁play w right ▁May ▁Miller . ▁During ▁the ▁sum mers , ▁Gr im ké ▁frequently ▁took ▁classes ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University , ▁where ▁her ▁father ▁had ▁attended ▁law ▁school . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁Gr im ké ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁train ▁crash ▁which ▁left ▁her ▁health ▁in ▁a ▁prec ari ous ▁state . ▁After ▁her ▁father ▁took ▁ill ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁she ▁t ended ▁to ▁him ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁After ward , ▁she ▁left ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁for ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁where ▁she ▁settled ▁in ▁Brook lyn . ▁She ▁lived ▁a ▁quiet ▁ret irement ▁as ▁a ▁semi - re cl use . ▁She ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁Gr im ké ▁wrote ▁ess ays , ▁short ▁stories ▁and ▁po ems ▁which ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Cris is , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁of ▁the ▁NA AC P , ▁edited ▁by ▁W . ▁E . ▁B . ▁Du ▁Bo is , ▁and ▁O pport unity . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁collected ▁in ▁anth ologies ▁of ▁the ▁Har lem ▁Renaissance : ▁The ▁New ▁Neg ro , ▁Carol ing ▁D usk , ▁and ▁Neg