Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
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Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (December 22, 1918 – April 13, 2007) was a long-time resident of California's Central Valley. Wilma was one of thousands who emigrated from Oklahoma
to California
during the Dust Bowl
years of the mid-1930s.
McDaniel published more than sixteen books of poetry and was the subject of a film documentary by Chris Simon, "Down an Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel."
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
during the Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936...
years of the mid-1930s.
McDaniel published more than sixteen books of poetry and was the subject of a film documentary by Chris Simon, "Down an Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel."
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (1918 - 2007)
"Right off, I was always (or have always been) some kind of poet. It came with me like the color of my eyes."
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
External links
- Origination page for Haslam article reproduced above.
- Highlights this late Okie Folk poet in images and poetry; also includes a fairly complete bibliography of her work.
- Section of the Nevada County (California) Library Website with a unique online collection of works by McDaniel, including several audio recordings of her reading her own work.