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Booker, Nellie, 1918-2002

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1918 - 2002

Biography

Nellie Pakison Booker was born in 1918 in Riverton, Iowa. She was an only child and began reading books and writing poetry at the age of eight. She graduated from Riverton High School in 1936 and married James E. Booker in 1941. The couple had two sons, Norman and Roger. Nellie Booker became a newspaper reporter in 1934 and worked for six newspapers in the course of her career. She published her first poetry book when she was eighty years old. Booker died in 2002.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Nellie Booker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0421
Abstract

Newspaper reporter and author of poems and essays. The collection includes scrapbooks and photograph albums.

Dates: 1910-1919