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Julia Florida Collier was born in Atlanta on November 11, , to Susan Rawson and Charles A. Collier, a one-time Atlanta mayor.!
Julia Collier Harris
American writer and journalist
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| Born | Julia Florida Collier (1875-11-11)November 11, 1875 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 1967(1967-01-21) (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
| Years active | 1911–1938 |
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Julia Collier Harris (November 11, 1875 – January 21, 1967) was an American writer and journalist.
Julia Florida Collier was the eldest child of an Atlanta business leader and one-time Mayor.
She wrote the earliest biography of Joel Chandler Harris, her husband's father. As owners and publishers of the Columbus Enquirer Sun she and her husband won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She has been inducted into three Georgia halls of fame: Georgia Newspaper Hall of Fame, Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, and Georgia Women of Achievement.
Early life
Julia Florida Collier was born in Atlanta on November 11, 1875, to Susan Rawson Collier and Charles A. Collier, once Atlanta's mayor.[1] She graduated from Washington