FIRST - Female War Correspondent WWI - Cartersville, GA
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Corra May Harris, was an American writer and journalist.
Waymark Code: WMPPCR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2015
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County of plaque: Bartow County
Location of plaque: Friendship Plaza fence, behind train depot, Cartersville
Plaque erected: 2001
Plaque erected by: Cartersville-Bartow Convention & Visitors Bureau
Plaque Text:
Author. Born Elbert County, Georgia, May 17, 1869; died Atlanta, Georgia, February 7, 1935; buried at "IN the Valley", Bartow County, Georgia.
Wrote 28 novels, including "Circuit Rider's Wife", upon which the movie "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain" starring Susan Hayword was based. During World War I she was the first female war correspondent, for "The Saturday Evening Post." She regularly wrote articles for the "Ladies Home Journal," "The Country Gentlemen" and "The Atlanta Journal." She was a nationally acclaimed sourthen writer.
He listing on Find-A-Grave provides some background information, but little in the history aisle.
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