Margaret Mitchell

    • Born: November 08, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia
    • Birth Name: Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, nicknamed Peggy
    • Father was a historian
    • Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937
    • Worked as a volunteer with The Red Cross during World War II
    • "Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was." -Margaret Mitchell
    • Died: August 16, 1949, five days after being struck by a car
    • Buried at Oakland Cemetary in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Margaret Mitchell is best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gone with the Wind which was published in 1936. The book sold more than 28 million copies. The film adaptation (1939) was the highest-grossing film with a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.

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