Barbara Meislin

Barbara Meislin (known as the Purple Lady of Tiburon) is an American author and singer, known in the town of Tiburon, California, for her devotion to things colored purple.

Biography

Meislin was born to a single mother in Newark, New Jersey, in approximately 1936. She trained as a teacher at Hunter College, taught high school and adult education French and Spanish in Tiburon. After learning guitar as an adult she became an "accomplished" singer, taught the instrument at Dominican College, had a radio show on KQED playing French music, and played local restaurants, singing in French, Hebrew, and English.

Career She wrote and self-published the book, No One Can Ever Steal Your Rainbow, as well as a song by that name, on the occasion of the death of her daughter, Lori, from a rare childhood virus. The book was later adapted as a ballet that premiered at the Marin Dance Theater. a "Positively Purple for the Breast Cancer" fashion show and fundraiser, She also donated a gazebo for a local park.