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Bellingrath was born Bessie Mae Morse in Mobile, Alabama in 1878. Her parents were Sewell and Alice Morse; she was one of nine children in the family. She studied the arts before becoming a stenographer at the Mobile Coca-Cola Company. She went on to marry Walter Duncan Bellingrath (1869–1965), the founder of Mobile's Coca-Cola bottling company.
Bellingrath bought the property to balance his work-life schedule. The transformation from the "Belle Camp" fishing post into what is now Bellingrath Gardens and Home is largely thanks to Bessie Mae Morse Bellingrath, who had married Walter in 1906. [4] Mrs. Bellingrath began developing the gardens with architect George Bigelow Rogers in 1927.
Bessie Morse Bellingrath (1878–1943) 1992 Developer of Bellingrath Gardens [58] Frances Scott Fitzgerald (1921–1986) 1992 Writer, political activist, arts patron, daughter of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald [59] Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900–1948) 1992 Author, ballerina, painter, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald [60] Frances Virginia Praytor ...
Ruby Pickens Tartt (January 13, 1880 - September 29, 1974) was an American folklorist, writer, and painter who is known for her work helping to preserve Southern black culture by collecting the life histories, stories, lore, and songs of former slaves for the Works Progress Administration and the Library of Congress.
Margaret Murray was born on March 9 in Macon, Mississippi, in the early 1860s.Her birth year is unknown; her tombstone says she was born in 1865, but the 1870 census lists her birth year as 1861.
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963, and in 1965 became the university's first black graduate.
Bessie Gray's passion for children and fascination with early childhood education ultimately motivated her to create Gray’s Child Development Center, a well-known child care facility which ...
Idella Jones Childs (June 21, 1903 – August 8, 1998) was an American educator, historian and civil rights activist.Childs worked as a teacher for 35 years in Perry County in Alabama.