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| − | '''William Allen White''' (1868-1941) was the editor of the ''Emporia Gazette'' in Emporia, [[Kansas]] from 1895 until his death. Prior to this, he had worked at the ''Kansas City Star''. He is best known for his 1896 editorial "What's the Matter With Kansas?", a satirical piece that blamed the Populist movement for the state's declining population and prestige, [http://www.h-net.org/~shgape/internet/kansas.html] and was known for his blunt writing style. [http://www.journalism.ku.edu/school/waw/] In 2004, liberal author [[Thomas Frank]] wrote a bestselling book with the same title that bitterly attacked conservatives and [[Republicans]] for their contributions to Kansas politics. [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/apr/25/whats_the_matter/] (Frank maintains that by supporting a party which he claims is beholden to the richest classes, the working class of Kansas is voting against its own economic interests when it supports the Republican party.) The library at Emporia State University, which is home to one of the only Library Science departments in the Midwest, is named after White. | + | '''William Allen White''' (1868-1941) was the editor of the ''Emporia Gazette'' in Emporia, [[Kansas]] from 1895 until his death. Prior to this, he had worked at the ''Kansas City Star''. He is best known for his 1896 editorial "What's the Matter With Kansas?", a satirical piece that blamed the Populist movement for the state's declining population and prestige, [http://www.h-net.org/~shgape/internet/kansas.html] and was known for his blunt writing style. [http://www.journalism.ku.edu/school/waw/] In 2004, liberal author [[Thomas Frank]] wrote a bestselling book with the same title that bitterly attacked conservatives and [[Republicans]] for their contributions to Kansas politics. [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2004/apr/25/whats_the_matter/] (Frank maintains that by supporting a party which he claims is beholden to the richest classes, the working class of Kansas is voting against its own economic interests when it supports the Republican party.) The library at Emporia State University, which is home to one of the only Library Science departments in the Midwest, is named after White, and the Journalism Department at the [[University of Kansas]] is also named for him. |
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Revision as of 17:04, June 1, 2007
William Allen White (1868-1941) was the editor of the Emporia Gazette in Emporia, Kansas from 1895 until his death. Prior to this, he had worked at the Kansas City Star. He is best known for his 1896 editorial "What's the Matter With Kansas?", a satirical piece that blamed the Populist movement for the state's declining population and prestige, [1] and was known for his blunt writing style. [2] In 2004, liberal author Thomas Frank wrote a bestselling book with the same title that bitterly attacked conservatives and Republicans for their contributions to Kansas politics. [3] (Frank maintains that by supporting a party which he claims is beholden to the richest classes, the working class of Kansas is voting against its own economic interests when it supports the Republican party.) The library at Emporia State University, which is home to one of the only Library Science departments in the Midwest, is named after White, and the Journalism Department at the University of Kansas is also named for him.