Beloved author, professor and feminist bell hooks, known for tiles like "Aint I A Woman" and "All About Love," has died. She was 69. The author's family confirmed her death to USA TODAY, saying she died Wednesday morning. Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky she went on to pen many literary works under the pseudonym bell hooks, a tribute to her great-grandmother that she chose to write using lowercase letters to focus attention on her words rather than herself. Her first published work under bell hooks was a collection of poems "And There We Wept" which was released in 1978. In 1981 she published "Aint I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism" which examines the nature of Black feminism through the lens of sexism and slavery. She went on to write more books studying the topic including "Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center" and "Feminism is for Everybody." 📷: Photo 1: Margaret Thomas, The Washington Post via Getty Images Photo 2: Karjean Levine, Louisville Courier Journal via Getty Images