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Adele Garrison

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Adele Garrison was the pen name of Nana Belle Springer White (1873 in Clinton Junction, Wisconsin – 1956[1][2]), an American writer. Her daily newspaper column, a serial story called Revelations of a Wife, ran in multiple American newspapers from 1915 until the Depression.

Biography

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Nana Springer White was born in Clinton Junction, Wisconsin. Her career included time as a schoolteacher in Milwaukee. She later worked as an editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel and then a reporter and writer for the Chicago Examiner and the Chicago American. She had one son and one daughter.

Revelations of a Wife told the story of the marital ups and downs of Margaret "Madge" Graham, an independent-minded former schoolteacher, and her husband Dicky, an artist. At the height of the story's popularity, it had one million regular readers.

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  1. ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940". FamilySearch. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Nana S White (1873-1956)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

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