Early Life
William Lindsay White was the only son of William Allen and Sallie White, born in Emporia on June 17, 1900. W.L., or "Bill," had a younger sister, Mary, who was killed in a horse-riding accident at the age of 16 in May 1921. Editor White groomed his only surviving child for work in journalism, hoping for his son to take the reins of The Emporia Gazette one day. White took 18-year-old Bill to France to witness the signing of the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
Eventually, William Allen White persuaded his son to return to Emporia. After his father’s death in 1944, W.L. took over The Emporia Gazette, where he developed a reputation as a fiercely independent editor. He redesigned the paper and won first place in a national design contest.
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