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Hooper, Jessie Jack |
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Jessie Annette Jack Hooper was born on a farm in Winneashiek County, Iowa in 1864, the daughter of David and Mary Nelings Jack. About 1883, her sister, Florence Jack, married Merrick Joel Peck of Oshkosh, WI. While visiting Oshkosh, Jesse met Oshkosh lawyer Benjamin Foss Hooper. They were married on May 30, 1888, in the city of New Hampton, IA. The couple had one child, Lorna Hooper, born 28 May 1889 in Oshkosh. Jesse became very active in the Woman's Suffrage Movement in Wisconsin and Nationally. Following passage of the 19th Ammendment, she became active in the National League of Women Voters. She was selected by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in 1922 to run as their candidate for the United States Senate against Robert E. La Follette, but was defeated. In 1922, Mrs. Hooper became untiring worker for world peace. She was a member of the national committee of the League of Women Voters for International Cooperation to Prevent War and in 1928 attended the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War. She also chaired the Indian Affairs Committee of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters and was an advocate for Native Americans and the Menominee Tribe in particular. She died of Cancer on May 7, 1935 in Oshkosh. - See 1931 (Oshkosh? Milwaukee?) newspaper article in 1229-5-T1 Dream Dance Drum Acc/object folder, the article includes "Mrs. Ben Hooper, Oshkosh, who is chairman of Indians affairs for the State League of Women Voters, has spent many years striving to obtain favorable legislation and to obtain presentation of assistance to the Indians through the Indian bureau." |
