Martha Strudwick Young
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Martha Strudwick Young (Jan. 11, 1862–May 9, 1941)[1] was an American regionalist writer known for her recounting of Southern folk tales, fables, and songs of black life in the plantation era. She was admired by other writers for her skill with dialect. Young was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Born | Eli Shepperd (1862-01-11)January 11, 1862 Newbern, Alabama, C.S. |
Died | May 9, 1941(1941-05-09) (aged 79) Greensboro, Alabama, U.S. |
Occupation | writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Livingston Female Academy and State Normal School |
Relatives | Julia Strudwick Tutwiler (aunt) |
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