City: Knoxville
MCKINNEY, Annie Valentine Booth; authoress; born Warren Co., Miss., daughter of Col. S. S. and Anne (Valentine) BOOTH; graduated from Hillman College, Clinton, Miss.; married Samuel MCKINNEY, of Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 14, 1879; Pres of Tenn. Woman’s Press and Authors Club; Pres. Knoxville Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy; member of Bonny Kate Chapter D. A. R.; ex-Treas. Of Ossoli Circle; first federated in the South; founder and Vice-Pres. Of Woman’s Building Board; ex-Director General Federation of Women’s Clubs; honorary member New York Woman’s Club; Author “Mistress Joy” (with Grace MacGowen Cooke), 1898; has contributed to Harper’s Bazaar, Munsey’s, Vogue, Town Topics, etc.
