Fannie Neal Yarborough Bickett

Background

Bickett, Fannie Neal Yarborough was born on October 11, 1870 in Louisburg, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Lucy Mossenburg (David) Yarborough.

Education

Graduated from Saint Mary's School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1889. Studied Harvard Summer School, New York Chautauqua, U. North Carolina, University of Chicago, m. Thomas Walter Bickett, November 29, 1898 (died December 28, 1921).

Career

Active in promotion of public health and missionry education. In France for Young Women's Christian Association, 1917. Chief of Mothers’ and Infants’ Bureau Public Health Department of North Carolina.

Chairman Woman’s Interracial Committee.

Representative for North Carolina of National Prohibition League. President Diocesan Auxiliary of Woman’s Auxiliary Protestant Episcopal Church.

National representative International Committee of Protestant Episcopal Church, et cetera Trustee Stonewall Jackson Training School for Delinquent Boys.

Chairman of the Board Colored Girls’ Reformatory.

Member Committee of 100 Prison Investigation. Superintendent Public Welfare Wake County, North Carolina, since 1924.

Achievements

• Fannie Neal Yarborough Bickett has been listed as a noteworthy public health advocate. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Committee of 100 Prison Investigation. Member Colonial Dames American, Daughters of the Revolution, Daughters of Confederacy, Auxiliary of America Legion, League of Women Voters. Clubs: Woman’s, Business and Professional Women'son

Connections

Children: William Yarborough, Thomas Walter (deceased), Mary Covington (deceased).

Father:

William Henry Yarborough

Mother:

Lucy Mossenburg (David) Yarborough

child:

Mary Covington Bickett (deceased)

child:

William Yarborough Bickett

child:

Thomas Walter Bickett (deceased)