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This is a photograph of Fern Gayden possibly taken in Dunlap, Kansas. Fern Gayden was born September 29, 1904, in Dunlap, Kansas, where she attended elementary and secondary schools. She went on to attend Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia and taught school for one year. Fern Gayden moved to Chicago at the age of 23. She had a 50-year career as a social worker but became best known as a literary, fine arts, and political activist. A founding member of the South Side Writers Group in the 1930s, Fern Gayden's long and diverse career included leadership roles in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the South Side Community Art Center. During World War II, she co-published Negro Story magazine with Alice Browning.
Date: 1922
Item Number: 228678
Call Number: 2013-122
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228678
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Social workers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Writers
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Literature - Magazines and periodicals
Date - 1920s - 1922
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Peace
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Dunlap
Places - Counties - Morris
Type of Material - Photographs
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