Ida Clyde Clarke

Ida Clyde Clarke (nee Gallaher; March 24, 1878 in Meridian, Mississippi[1]–1956) was an American journalist, writer and suffragist.

[2] "She was a prolific and multi-faceted writer, producing works of both fiction and non-fiction studies of community organization and feminism".

[3] In 1920, she founded a monthly magazine The Independent Woman, editing it until 1921.

[4] She was a contributing editor to Pictorial Review and founded its US$5,000 annual award for women of achievement.

[5] In 1932, her son, Haden Clarke, was a ghostwriter engaged to write the memoirs of the aviator Jessie Miller.