'''William Allen White''' (1868-1941) 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]]. | '''William Allen White''' (1868-1941) 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]]. |