Background
Woodson, Mary Blake Mrs. was born on May 7, 1886 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Major Blake Lynch and Nora (Delany) Woodson.
Woodson, Mary Blake Mrs. was born on May 7, 1886 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Major Blake Lynch and Nora (Delany) Woodson.
Educated St. Teresa’s Academy, Missouri.
1 son, Henry Lee Shippey (name legally changed to Blake Lynch Woodson). Contributor fiction, verse and special feature articles to mags. and newspaper syndicates. War correspondent, 1917-1918.
Missouri editor Kansas City Star, 1918, 19, and from 1921, also editor chaperon department same. On contributing staff Woman’s World, Chicago, 1921-1928, Household Magazine, Topeka, 1926-1929, Farm Journal, Philadelphia, 1929-1932. Radio writing, 1935-1936.
Author of “Friendly Counsellor” program, on WDAF radio station, Kansas City Star.
Member Missouri Writers Guild (state president 1925), U.D.C. (state historian Missouri Division, 1914-1915).
Married (Henry) Lee Shippey, August 19, 1908 (divorced, 1921, and resumed maiden name).