Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949

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Dates:
Birth 1900-11-08
Death 1949-08-16
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Margaret Mitchell (b. November 8, 1900, Atlanta, Georgia-d. August 16, 1949, Atlanta, Georgia), the daughter of Eugene M. Mitchell, was a prominent attorney. Her mother, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell, was active in the women's suffrage movement. Margaret Mitchell attended Atlanta public schools, graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, and attended Smith College for one year before leaving college upon the death of her mother. She married John Marsh on July 4, 1925. Her only novel, Gone With the Wind, was published in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. The movie based on the novel was released in 1939. She was a columnist for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine from 1922 until 1926 and wrote dozens of articles, interviews, sketches, and book reviews before publishing her novel. She died in 1949 after being struck by a car while crossing Peachtree Street in Atlanta.

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  • Authors, American
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  • Authors, American
  • Novelists, American
  • Novelists, American
  • Women authors, American
  • Women authors, American
  • Women authors
  • Women authors
  • Book industries and trade
  • Fans (Persons)
  • Journalists
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  • Piracy (Copyright)
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  • Ẁomen authors, American
  • Women journalists
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  • Women novelists, American
  • World War, 1939-1945
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  • Novelists, American
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  • Women authors
  • Literature
  • Women novelists, American

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  • Journalists

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  • Canada (as recorded)
  • Milledgeville (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Atlanta (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Atlanta (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Atlanta (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Atlanta (Ga.) (as recorded)
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