Stanton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the first of two daughters of William Lewis Stanton and Frances Louisa Cleveland Megee Stanton [REF].
In Atlanta, she lived across the street from Wren's Nest,[REF] the home of author and journalist Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote the Uncle Remus stories and shared his stories with her and her sister,[REF][REF] Willie Marion Stanton [REF].