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Kate Mayhew <I>Speake</I> Penney

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Kate Mayhew Speake Penney

Birth
Lawrence County, Alabama, USA
Death
Aug 1947 (aged 82–83)
Alabama, USA
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.49042, Longitude: -86.84079
Plot
block 14
Memorial ID
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In the course of her literary career, Penney published several novels, short stories, and poems. Her books include a temperance reform novel entitled A Common Lot 1898, republished in Canada in 1905 as A Woman's Problem;Land Poor, and Six Shorter Stories concerning Southern agricultural conditions 1928;Us dealing with the Spanish American War and the yellow fever epidemic 1934;Cross Currents, a novel about the Civil War 1938;and My Daughter 1946.

Penney served as national vice-president of the League of American Pen Women and was one of the organizers of the Birmingham Chapter of League of American Pen Women for which she served as the first president. She was also an active member of the Birmingham Writers Club, the Quest Club, and the Alabama Writers Conclave.
In the course of her literary career, Penney published several novels, short stories, and poems. Her books include a temperance reform novel entitled A Common Lot 1898, republished in Canada in 1905 as A Woman's Problem;Land Poor, and Six Shorter Stories concerning Southern agricultural conditions 1928;Us dealing with the Spanish American War and the yellow fever epidemic 1934;Cross Currents, a novel about the Civil War 1938;and My Daughter 1946.

Penney served as national vice-president of the League of American Pen Women and was one of the organizers of the Birmingham Chapter of League of American Pen Women for which she served as the first president. She was also an active member of the Birmingham Writers Club, the Quest Club, and the Alabama Writers Conclave.


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