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Biography of May Lee Wooten, 1881-1968

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Abstract

Excerpt:
May Lee Wooten was born in February of 1881 in Farmerville, Louisiana to John M. and Vada B. Lee. Her grandfather, Judge John Taylor, provided the land for the site of the town of Farmerville. She attended Ouachita Parish Schools and upon graduation from high school, attended North Texas College and received a diploma from North Texas College (later Southern Methodist University). She married James R. Wooten of Cuthbert, Georgia in 1902 and lived with him there until they later returned to Monroe, Louisiana. Their first child, Anna Wooten, was born in 1903 and was followed by a brother, John, in 1906. She died at the age of 87 on June 30, 1968.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationBiographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920
StatePublished - 2019

Disciplines

  • Women's History
  • Library and Information Science

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