Background
Street, Julia Montgomery was born on January 19, 1898 in Concord, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Samuel Lewis and Elizabeth Blanche (Norris) Montgomery.
Street, Julia Montgomery was born on January 19, 1898 in Concord, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Samuel Lewis and Elizabeth Blanche (Norris) Montgomery.
She graduated from Woman"s College, now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1923 with a degree in English.
She went on to complete graduate studies in child psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught elementary school and summer school courses at Woman"s College, and briefly worked for the Children"s Home Society of North Carolina. Doctor Claudius Augustus Street was a pediatrician in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Her short story, "Hoecake and Buttermilk," was published in 1939.
Her first children"s novel, Fiddler"s Fancy, was published in 1955. Street"s other works include: Moccasin Tracks (1955), Candle Love Feast (1959), Drover"s Gold (1961), Dulcie"s Whale (1963), North Carolina Parade: Stories of History and People (1966)(co-author Richard Walser ), and Judaculla"s Handprint (1976).
Many of her stories were based on carefully researched North Carolina historical subjects. Street died in 1993. Street"s writing is featured in Our Words Our Ways: Reading and Writing in North Carolina by Sally Buckner."Sequoyah"s Gift" from Moccasin Tracks is the featured story.
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She is also featured in Something About the Author/ Volume(s) 11/ Commire on page 218. Street is cited in Contemporary Authors Gale Research, volume 5-6 on page 397. and vols 5-8 First Revision on page 1108. A still active book club in Apex, North Carolina is named for her: The Julia Montgomery Street Book Club.
Honors:
American Association of University Women Juvenile Literature Award North Carolina
1956 "Fiddler"s Fancy"
1963 "Dulcie"s Whale"
1966 "North Carolina Parade: Stories of History and People" (with Richard Walser)
North Carolina Historian of the Year West awarded posthumously in November 1993.
Member of North Carolina Literature and History Association, North Carolina Folklore Society, North Carolina Writers Conference, North Carolina Poetry Society.
Married Claudius Augustus Street, September 13, 2024. Children: Carol Street McMillian, Claudius Augustus.