White, William Allen, 1868-1944

American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette."

Journalist.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author.

William Allen White (1868-1944) was a newspaper editor for Emporia Gazette of Kansas, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.

Editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kan.)

William Allen White was born at Emporia, Kansas, on February 10, 1868. After attending the University of Kansas, he pursued newspaper work, and in 1895 purchased the Emporia Gazette where his grassroots editorials gained him national prominence. White also wrote widely-published poems, articles, and books, and was influential in state and national politics through the early years of World War II. In May 1940, he co-founded a national political action committee, called the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, which lobbied for U.S. aid to Great Britain and America's West European allies in their defense against Adolf Hitler. White died on January 29, 1944 at Emporia.

Editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kan.).

William Allen White was born at Emporia, Kansas, on February 10, 1868. He attended the University of Kansas and later moved to Emporia, where his grassroots editorials as owner of the Emporia Gazette gained him national prominence. In addition to his editorials, White wrote many widely-published poems, articles, and books, and was influential in Kansas and national politics. He died on January 29, 1944 at Emporia.

William Allen White was an editor and writer, known as an influential voice for middle America. Born and raised in Kansas, he spent four years at the University of Kansas but left without taking a degree to continue his work as a journalist. After years as a journalist, he bought his failing hometown newspaper, The Emporia Gazette, and turned it into a success with his business sense and journalistic skill. Influenced by his friend Theodore Roosevelt, White became a nationally-known spokesman for the Republican Party, and was active during both world wars. In his long and productive life, he also wrote non-fiction, novels, and short stories, ran for Governor of Kansas, was a founding editor of The American Magazine and The Book of the Month Club, and, dubbed The Sage of Emporia by H.L. Mencken, an enormous influence on middlebrow values. He won a 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, and a posthumous Pulitzer in 1947 for his autobiography.

William Allen White was born at Emporia, Kansas, on February 10, 1868. He attended the University of Kansas and later moved to Emporia, where his grassroots editorials as owner of the Emporia Gazette gained him national prominence. In addition to his editorials, White wrote many widely-published poems, articles, and books. He died on January 29, 1944 at Emporia.

Newspaper editor.

American newspaper editor and author who is best known as a "voice from Main Street America." He was the winner of two Pulitzer prizes.

William Allen White, (1868-1944), was the owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette" in Emporia, Kansas in the late 1890's and early 1900's. He was an important figure in the political, social and literary history of the United States and Kansas.

Editor, newspaper publisher, author, lecturer.

White was editor and publisher of the EMPORIA (KANSAS) GAZETTE.

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Biography

William Allen White was a journalist.