Julia K. Wetherill Baker

Julia Kein Wetherill Baker (July 15, 1858July 25, 1931) was an American writer and poet who wrote under the name Julie K. Wetherill and the initials J. K. W.

Biography

Julia Kein Wetherill was born in Woodville, Mississippi and educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1884 she moved to New Orleans where two years later she married Marion A. Baker, editor of the newspaper New Orleans Times-Democrat. In 1916, she was recorded as being Sunday editor of that newspaper. 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. 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.

Baker's funeral was held in Christ Church Cathedral, and she was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3.

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1858 births

1931 deaths

People from Woodville, Mississippi

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19th-century American poets

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19th-century American short story writers

20th-century American short story writers

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Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Woman of the Century

20th-century American women writers