Frances Leigh Williams Papers, 1935-1977
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Williams, Frances Leigh
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Frances Leigh Williams (1909-1978) was born in Richmond on March 20, 1909, the daughter of Francis Deane and Mary Mason Williams. She was a cousin of the Virginia novelist Ellen Glasgow. After graduation from St. Timothy's in 1926, she attended Smith College for a year. On leaving college, she accepted a position with the Richmond News Leader as a reporter and columnist. In 1935, she left the News Leader to become a research assistant for Douglas Southall Freeman. She worked with him on the biog...
