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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
William Alexander Percy
![William Alexander Percy](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: May 14, 1885
Died: January 21, 1942 (aged 56)
Bio: William Alexander Percy, was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature.
Known for:
- Lanterns On The Levee (1941)
- In April Once (1920)
- Sappho in Levkas: And Other Poems (1915)
- Enzio's Kingdom: And Other Poems (1924)