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Kate Slaughter McKinney
b. 1857
A Kentucky-born poet who wrote under the pen name “Katydid,” she built a literary life that stretched from the late 19th century into the 20th. She is especially remembered for her verse and for being named Poet Laureate of Alabama in 1931.
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Katydid's Poems
by Kate Slaughter McKinney
About the author
Born in 1859, Kate Slaughter McKinney was an American writer and poet who published under the pen name Katydid. She was born in London, Kentucky, and later became closely associated with Alabama, where her literary work found lasting recognition.
McKinney published poetry collections including Katydid's Poems and The Weed by the Wall. Her writing helped earn her a place in regional literary history, and in 1931 she was elected Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama.
She died in 1939. Some catalog records list her birth year as 1857, but the biographical source located here gives February 6, 1859.