Louise McNeill

|birth_place=Pocahontas County, West Virginia, U.S. |death_date= |death_place=Malden, West Virginia, U.S. |occupation= |nationality=American |alma_mater=Concord College
Miami University
West Virginia University
Middlebury College
Iowa Writers' Workshop |spouse= |children=1 }} Louise McNeill (January 9, 1911 – June 16, 1993), also known as Louise McNeill Pease, was an American poet, essayist, and historian of Appalachia. She began teaching in a one roomed schoolhouse in West Virginia and would eventually move on to teach at other universities. She would eventually become a professor of history and English at West Virginia University where her archives are held today. Provided by Wikipedia