Bessie Gertrude Wright Phillips

Background

Phillips, Bessie Gertrude Wright was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Clayton and Mary Gertrude (Allen) Wright.

Education

AB, Florida State College Women, Tallahassee, 1930; Master of Arts, Mount Holyoke College, 1933.

Career

Secretary international headquarters, World Young Men’s Christian Association, Geneva, 1933-1934; mathematics teacher, Washington Seminary, Pennsylvania, 1930-1932; academic head, math teacher, Milwaukee-Downer Seminary, Wisconsin, 1934-1937; trustee, New England College, Henniker, N.H., 1952-1961; trustee, Orme School, Mayer, Arizona, 1962-1996; trustee, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine., 1978-1996. Board advisers Council for Advancement Small Colls., Washington, 1959-1969;trustee Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 1971-1996, visiting committee for education, 1983-1996. Educational consultant in field.

Achievements

• Bessie Gertrude Wright Phillips has been listed as a noteworthy School system administrator, museum trustee by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Salem Female Charitable Society, 1943-1996, Mack Industrial School, Salem, 1943-1996. Member National Society Colonial Dames, Bostonian Society, Cum Laude Society, Union Club, Chilton Club, Eastern Yacht Club.

Connections

Married Stephen Phillips, October 2, 1942 (deceased January 1971). Children: Jane Appleton, MargaretDuncan (Mistress Robert Cummings), Ann Willard (Mistress Kevin Waters).

Father:

Charles Clayton Wright

Mother:

Mary Gertrude (Allen) Wright

Spouse:

Stephen Phillips

child:

Ann Willard Phillips (Mistress Kevin Waters)

child:

MargaretDuncan Phillips (Mistress Robert Cummings)

child:

Jane Appleton Phillips