Katie Daffan

{{Short description|American author and Confederate sympathizer (1874–1951)}}

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| name = Katie Daffan

| image = Katie_Lilly_Daffan_1917.jpg

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| caption = Daffan in 1917

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| birth_date = {{birth-date|July 29, 1874}}

| birth_place = Brenham, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|5|22|1874|7|29|mf=y}}

| death_place = Ennis, Texas, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Hollins University

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| occupation = Author

| spouse = Mann Trice

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Katie Litty Daffan (July 29, 1874 – May 22, 1951) was an American newspaper columnist and author.{{cite web|last1=Webb|first1=Andrea Ivie|title=DAFFAN, KATIE LITTY|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fda02|website=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=August 25, 2017}}

A sympathizer of the Confederacy, Daffan was president of the Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Katie Daffan Collection: An Inventory to the Collection|url=https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/twu/00023/twu-00023.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-26|website=legacy.lib.utexas.edu|language=en}} She helped organize reunions of the Texas Brigade, a brigade of the Confederate States Army.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63wtDgAAQBAJ&dq=Katie+Daffan&pg=PA279|title=Hood's Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's Most Celebrated Unit|first=Susannah J.|last=Ural|date=November 13, 2017|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=9780807167601|via=Google Books}}