Eudora Welty

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Eudora Welty attended Jackson State College for Women and the University of Wisconsin, where she was graduated in 1929. After a year at Columbia University’s school of advertising, she went back to Jackson, Mississippi, and worked for several newspapers and radio stations as well as the Works Progress Administration as a publicity agent. It was during this time that she began writing the magical short stories that have made her loved and respected.

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