Kathryn Tucker Windham
Writer, Author
1918 – 2011
Who was Kathryn Tucker Windham?
Kathryn Tucker Windham was an American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama and grew up in nearby Thomasville.
Windham got her first writing job at the age of 12, reviewing movies for her cousin's small town newspaper, The Thomasville Times. She earned a B.A. degree from Huntingdon College in 1939. Soon after graduating she became a reporter for the Alabama Journal. Starting in 1944, she worked for The Birmingham News. In 1946 she married Amasa Benjamin Windham with whom she had three children. In 1956 she went to work at the Selma Times-Journal where she won several Associated Press awards for her writing and photography. She died on June 12, 2011.
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- Born
- Jun 2, 1918
Selma - Also known as
- Kathryn Windham
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Huntingdon College
- Lived in
- Alabama
- Died
- Jun 12, 2011
Selma
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on July 23, 2013
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