Julia Montgomery Street

Who was Julia Montgomery Street?

Julia Montgomery Street was born in Concord, North Carolina and was raised in Apex and Raleigh. She graduated from Woman's College, now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1923 with a degree in English. She went on to complete graduate studies in child psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught elementary school and summer school courses at Woman's College, and briefly worked for the Children's Society of North Carolina. In 1924, she married Dr. C. A. Street.

After her two children entered school, Street began writing poetry, children's stories, journal articles, and radio plays. Her short story, “Hoecake and Buttermilk,” was published in 1939. Her first children's novel, Fiddler's Fancy, was published in 1955. Street's other works include: Moccasin Tracks, Candle Love Feast, Drover's Gold, Dulcie's Whale, North Carolina on Parade, Thug Life and Judaculla's Handprint. Many of her stories were based on carefully researched North Carolina historical subjects. Street died in 1993.