Editing Ani DiFranco (section)

==Early life and education==

DiFranco was born in [[Buffalo, New York]],<ref>[http://celebritybabynamesblog.com/2007/01/24/baby-girl-for-rock-musician-ani-difranco/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224094142/http://celebritybabynamesblog.com/2007/01/24/baby-girl-for-rock-musician-ani-difranco/|date=February 24, 2012}}</ref> on September 23, 1970, the daughter of Elizabeth (Ross) and Dante Americo DiFranco, who had met while attending the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dante Americo DiFranco |url=http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/dante/index.asp |website=righteousbabe.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224222447/http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/dante/index.asp |archive-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1041E247A98F4F42&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=News Archives: The Buffalo News |website=Nl.newsbank.com |date=July 26, 2004 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211131120/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1041E247A98F4F42&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her father was of Italian descent, and her mother was from Montreal.<ref>{{cite web|last=Keith |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.musicvice.com/reviews/ani_difranco_montreal_november_2008.html |title=Ani DiFranco at Metropolis, Montreal -concert review |website=Music Vice |access-date=December 4, 2013 |date=November 25, 2008}}</ref> DiFranco started playing [[The Beatles|Beatles]] covers at local bars and [[busking]] with her guitar teacher, Michael Meldrum,<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Meldrum: Open Ended Question |url=http://www.righteousbabe.com/store/prod_albums.asp?id=473 |website=righteousbabe.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708233831/http://www.righteousbabe.com/store/prod_albums.asp?id=473 |archive-date=July 8, 2009}}</ref> at the age of nine. By 14 she was writing her own songs. She played them at bars and coffee houses throughout her teens. DiFranco graduated from the [[Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts]] high school at 16 and began attending classes at [[Buffalo State College]]. She was living by herself, having moved out of her mother's apartment after she became an [[emancipated minor]] when she was 15.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cassidy|first=Benjamin|url= https://www.berkshireeagle.com/archives/ani-difranco-rises-up-like-she-always-has/article_fb849c77-cbbe-5c66-8fc1-634297830f98.html|title= Ani DiFranco rises up, like she always has|website=Berkshireeagle.com|date= June 15, 2018}}</ref>