DUNHAM, KATHERINE

DUNHAM, KATHERINE. Dancer/Choreographer (22 June 1910 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois). Although best known as a dancer, she was also a songwriter and folksong collector. Her family moved to Joliet, Illinois, when she was five years old. She obtained her education in the public schools and junior college of Joliet and at the University of Chicago (Ph.B., 1936; graduate work). She studied music and began to dance at an early age. In high school she studied dance, and at the...