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| Short Name: | Florence Pedigo Jansson |
| Full Name: | Jansson, Florence Edna Pedigo, 1896-? |
| Birth Year: | 1896 |
Jansson, Florence Edna Pedigo. (Patrick County, Virginia, June 9, 1896--?). As of July 1979, resided in New Castle, Va. United Methodist. Daughter of Daniel Thomas and Delia (Foley) Pedigo. Married William P. Jansson December 27, 1927. No children. A.B. Sociology, Columbian College, George Washington University, 1940. Employed by federal government, Washington, D.C. for 27 years as a clerk in the War Risk Insurance Agency, the Veterans' Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Civil Service.
She published approximately 400 poems, which appeared in The Christian Herald and The Saturday Evening Post, the Washington Post, the Evening Star, and the New York Times. Many of these are written in a light, humorous vein. She wrote one hymn which was published by the Hymn Society in Twelve Hymns for Children (1965): "A bird, a lovely butterfly."
--C. Bernard Ruffin, DNAH Archives
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[Jansson] had her High School work in Ferrum, Virginia . . . She has done free lance writing for many years, and is the author of many poems, some fiction and some essays.
--Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.
Texts by Florence Pedigo Jansson (1) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| A bird, a lovely butterfly | Florence Pedigo Jansson (Author) | 4 |
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