| Date Span: | 1994 |
| Creator: | Wilkerson, Bessie |
| Extent: | 1.00 item. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0320 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Former seamstress and long-time resident of Fort Madison, Iowa. |
Arrangement: One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright has not been transferred to The University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 440) were donated by Bessie Wilkersonin 1997.
Preferred Citation: Bessie Wilkerson papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
| Curator: | Kären Mason |
| Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
Bessie Wilkerson moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, from Des Moines, Iowa, in 1927 and attended high school there. She dropped out of school at the age of sixteen to marry Marshall Wilkerson. They had three sons and six daughters of whom seven lived to adulthood. To help support her family, Wilkerson took in sewing, which she could work on at home while raising her children. All of the surviving children attended college, even though neither Bessie Wilkerson nor her husband ever finished high school. Bessie Wilkerson was nominated for Mother of the Year in 1961.
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