Julia Kein Baker (née Wetherill; July 15, 1858 – July 25, 1931) was an American writer and poet who wrote under the name Julie K. Wetherill and the initials J. K. W.[1][2]
Julia K. Wetherill | |
|---|---|
 Circa 1897 | |
| Born | Julia Kein Wetherill July 15, 1858 Woodville, Mississippi, U.S |
| Died | July 25, 1931 (aged 73) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Pen name | Julia K. Wetherill, J.K.W. |
| Occupation | Writer, poet |
| Spouse | Marion A. Baker (m. 1886) |
Biography
editJulia Kein Wetherill was born in Woodville, Mississippi and educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][3]
In 1884, she moved to New Orleans where two years later she married Marion A. Baker, editor of the newspaper New Orleans Times-Democrat.[4] In 1916, she was recorded as being Sunday editor of that newspaper.[4] She wrote "Literary Pathways", a book review column, and "Innocent Bystander", a column concerning the theater and music, both of which appeared in the New Orleans newspapers.[4]
She published a number of short stories in publications including Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Century Magazine, and The Critic, often under the name Julie K. Wetherill.[3]
Baker's funeral was held in Christ Church Cathedral, and she was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Willard, Frances, and Mary Livermore, eds. A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-Seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks Of Life. New York: Moulton, 1893, p. 48.
- ^ Julie Wetherill Baker, The Magazine of Poetry, Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 64-65 (January 1892)
- ^ a b Rightor, H. (1900). Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 379. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ^ a b c d "Z 1032.000 Wetherill (Thomas M.) and family papers 1853–1930". Archive.is copy of page from Mississippi Department of Archives and History website.
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