The Women of Brewster Place
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The Women of Brewster Place is a 1989 television miniseries adaptation of Gloria Naylor’s novel, depicting the interconnected struggles and resilience of Black women living in a rundown urban housing project.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Women of Brewster Place canonical | 5 |
| The Women of Brewster Place (1989 television score) | 1 |
| The Women of Brewster Place (miniseries) | 1 |
| The Women of Brewster Place (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1756984 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Women of Brewster Place Context triple: [Olivia Cole, notableWork, The Women of Brewster Place]
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A.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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B.
The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple is a Pulitzer Prize–winning epistolary novel by Alice Walker that follows the life, struggles, and spiritual awakening of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Women of Brewster Place Target entity description: The Women of Brewster Place is a 1989 television miniseries adaptation of Gloria Naylor’s novel, depicting the interconnected struggles and resilience of Black women living in a rundown urban housing project.
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A.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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B.
The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple is a Pulitzer Prize–winning epistolary novel by Alice Walker that follows the life, struggles, and spiritual awakening of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama television series
ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
The Women of Brewster Place
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Women of Brewster Place (novel)
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| authorOfSourceWork | Gloria Naylor ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Women of Brewster Place self-link ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | two-part miniseries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
domestic violence
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economic hardship ⓘ homophobia ⓘ interconnected stories of women neighbors ⓘ single motherhood ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | Black women ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
television drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSourceType | novel ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Cora Lee
ⓘ
Etta Mae Johnson ⓘ Kiswana Browne ⓘ Lorraine ⓘ Mattie Michael ⓘ Theresa ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
community resilience
ⓘ
lives of Black women in an urban housing project ⓘ poverty ⓘ racism ⓘ sexism ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor | representation of Black women on American television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| periodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| portrays | solidarity among women ⓘ |
| producer | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Harpo Studios
ⓘ
surface form:
Harpo Productions
|
| runtimePerEpisodeApprox | 90 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | rundown urban housing project ⓘ |
| stars |
Cicely Tyson
ⓘ
Jackée Harry ⓘ Lynn Whitfield ⓘ Moses Gunn ⓘ Olivia Cole ⓘ Oprah Winfrey ⓘ Paul Winfield ⓘ Robin Givens ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Women of Brewster Place Description of subject: The Women of Brewster Place is a 1989 television miniseries adaptation of Gloria Naylor’s novel, depicting the interconnected struggles and resilience of Black women living in a rundown urban housing project.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Women of Brewster Place (miniseries)
this entity surface form:
The Women of Brewster Place (1989 television score)
this entity surface form:
The Women of Brewster Place (novel)