Editing Memphis Minnie (section)

== Childhood ==
Douglas was born on June 3, 1897, probably in [[Tunica County, Mississippi]],<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues – A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=186 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> although she claimed to have been born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] and raised in the [[Algiers, New Orleans|Algiers]] neighborhood.<ref name="Harris">Harris, Sheldon (1989). ''Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues SIngers''. pp. 161–162.</ref>  She was the eldest of 13 siblings. Her parents, Abe and Gertrude Douglas, nicknamed her Kid when she was young, and her family called her that throughout her childhood. It is reported that she disliked the name Lizzie.<ref>Garon, Paul; Garon, Beth (1992). ''Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues''. Da Capo Press. p. 14.</ref> When she first began performing, she played under the name Kid Douglas.

When she was seven years old, she and her family moved to [[Walls, Mississippi]], south of [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. The following year, she received her first guitar, as a Christmas present. She learned to play the banjo by the age of 10 and the guitar by the age of 11, when she started playing at parties.<ref name="Harris">Harris, Sheldon (1989). ''Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues SIngers''. pp. 161–162.</ref> The family later moved to [[Brunswick, Tennessee]]. After Minnie's mother died, in 1922, Abe Douglas moved back to Walls, where he died in 1935.<ref>Garon and Garon (1992), p. 28.</ref>