Sara Beaumont Kennedy

Place: Somerville

Born: 1859

Death: 1920

Biography:

Sara Beaumont Kennedy (1859 – March 12, 1920), born Sara Beaumont Cannon, was an American writer and newspaper editor. She attended St. Mary's Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina. Kennedy wrote in various genres, publishing poems, children's books, and historical fiction. She also wrote newspaper articles and short stories. She worked as an editor at the Memphis Commercial Appeal, a Tennessee newspaper. She was described as 'the only woman paragrapher in the South'. She lectured to women's organizations, and organized community groups. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She favored prohibition and woman's suffrage.