People Index
Kathryn Tucker Windham
Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918-2011) is best known for her series of ghost story collections, beginning...John A. Winston (1853-57)
John A. Winston (1812-1871) was Alabama's first native-born governor. After his election to the...Tobias Wolff
Author and educator Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (1945- ) is best known for his short stories and memoirs,...Helen Smith Woodruff
Helen Smith Woodruff (1888-1924) was an author of young adult and children's books that were popular...Louise Wooster
Louise Catherine Wooster (1842-1913) was the madam of an exclusive house of prostitution in Birmingham...Monroe Nathan Work
Civil rights activist and sociologist Monroe Nathan Work (1866–1945) is often described by scholars...John Allan Wyeth
John Allan Wyeth (1845-1922) served in the Confederate Army as a youth and would go on to become a leading...Tammy Wynette
Known at the "First Lady of Country Music," Grammy Award-winning Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) was …William Lowndes Yancey
Alabama political leader William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) was a preeminent figure in the secession...Martha Strudwick Young
Martha Strudwick Young (1862-1941) was a prolific author and poet …
