'''William Allen White''' (February 10, 1868-January 29, 1944) was the editor of the ''Emporia Gazette'' in Emporia, [[Kansas]] from 1895 until his death, as well as a best-selling author. He gained fame in 1896 for his attacks on the far-left Populists. After 1901 he was a leading supporter of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. White remained devoted to the conservative virtues he lovingly described in small town America. He was America's most famous small-town editor and a nationally respected spokesman for the [[Progressive movement]].
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'''William Allen White''' (February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) was the editor of the ''Emporia Gazette'' in Emporia, [[Kansas]] from 1895 until his death, as well as a best-selling author. He gained fame in 1896 for his attacks on the far-left Populists. After 1901 he was a leading supporter of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. White remained devoted to the conservative virtues he lovingly described in small town America. He was America's most famous small-town editor and a nationally respected spokesman for the [[Progressive movement]].
==Early life==
==Early life==
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* White, William Allen. '' Selected Letters of William Allen White, 1899-1943'' (1947), 460pp Edited by Walter Johnson
* White, William Allen. '' Selected Letters of William Allen White, 1899-1943'' (1947), 460pp Edited by Walter Johnson
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==External Links==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/226040 William Allen White in Leningrad, Russia], 1934 (Photograph)
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/226040 William Allen White in Leningrad, Russia], 1934 (Photograph)