While Rose O'Keefe grew up mostly near New York City, after living in France for four years as a girl, she returned to the States knowing that other countries see life differently. As the daughter of an English immigrant and the D-I-L of a Lebanese immigrant, she has had close experience with different cultures. After Rose graduated from SUNY Potsdam, she moved to Rochester, New York, in the beautiful Finger Lakes area. Rose is the author of five history books that promote the contributions to human rights of the entire family of Frederick and Anna Murray Douglass.