Jessamyn West (other)
Jessamyn West may refer to: * Jessamyn West (writer) (1902–1984), American writer * Jessamyn West (librarian) Jessamyn Charity West (born September 5, 1968) is an American library technologist and writer known for her activism and work on the digital divide. She is the creator of librarian.net. She is the Vermont Chapter Councilor of the American Libra ...

Jessamyn West (writer)
Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 – February 23, 1984) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably ''The Friendly Persuasion'' (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923."Author West Dies in Napa." The Sacramento Bee, Friday, February 24, 1984. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921. She received an honorary Doctor of Letters (Litt.D) degree from Whittier College in 1946. She received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in 1975. Personal life West was born in Vernon, Indiana, to Eldo Roy West and Grace Anna Milhous. She was a second cousin of Richard Nixon through her mother's father. Her family left the state to move to California when she was the age of six.Meier, Gisela"Jessamyn West is city's other famous resident."Yorba Linda Star, January 6, 1979. pp 2. Accessed 06-06-2011. The family included two brothers and a sister, Merle, Myron, and Carmen. Growing up in the West Home in the ...
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