Initially, she found employment in a department store, which was soon followed by work in an accounting office and then the Mechanic's Institute Library. As the oldest sibling she became effectively the head of a large family and had to work. Her parents were Josephine (née Moroney) and James Alden Thompson. Kathleen Thompson Norris was born in San Francisco, California, on July 16, 1880. Norris used her fiction to promote family and moralistic values, such as the sanctity of marriage, the nobility of motherhood, and the importance of service to others. Her stories appeared frequently in the popular press of the day, including The Atlantic, The American Magazine, McClure's, Everybody's, Ladies' Home Journal, and Woman's Home Companion. Norris was a prolific writer who wrote 93 novels, many of which became best sellers. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States for nearly fifty years, from 1911 to 1959. Kathleen Thompson Norris (J– January 18, 1966) was an American novelist and newspaper columnist. Kathleen Norris in 1925, photograph by Arnold Genthe
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