About Lavinia B. Sneed
Lived 1867 – 1932 (aged 65). Lavinia B. Sneed was an American writer and journalist.
Lavinia B. Sneed (née Lavinia Elliot; 1867–1932) was an American journalist, known for her prolific work and accessible style of writing.
Biography Lavinia Elliot was born on May 15, 1867, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to parents Letta A. Jones and Joseph Elliot. She moved to Louisville, Kentucky, with her family in early childhood. In 1888, she married Charles Franklin Sneed, a professor at State University.
A highlight of her journalism career were her contributions to the magazine Our Women and Children. Her follow contributors included Mary Virginia Cook Parrish, Lucy Wilmot Smith and Iona E. Wood.
She died on June 23, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Lavinia B. Sneed was born on 15 May 1867 in New Orleans.
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Lavinia B. Sneed died on 23 June 1932 in Louisville.
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