West, Jessamyn, 1902-1984 - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)
Jessamyn West (b. July 18, 1902, Vernon, IN–d. Feb. 23, 1984, Napa County, CA) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). She graduated from Whittier College in 1923 and helped found the Palmer Society there. West grew up in the rural Yorba Linda region of California as her cousin, Richard Nixon.
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| relativeOf | Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 | person |
| associatedWith | Vidal, Gore, 1925- | person |
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