Jessamyn West (writer)
Mary Jessamyn West was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921.
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- Fullerton Union High SchoolWhittier College
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- 🏆 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
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