Bess Gearhart Morrison
Bess Gearhart Morrison (June 24, 1875 – June 24, 1968) was an American actress and educator, and a speaker on the Chautauqua and lyceum adult education circuits. Early life Florence Elizabeth "Bess" Gearhart was born in Curllsville, Pennsylvania, and raised near Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of James Randolph Gearhart and Emaline Miller Gearhart. Her father was a Methodist minister, and as a girl she would sometimes play organ at the services he conducted. She attended the Columbia College of Expression in Chicago,"Bess Morrison Era Ends"
''Independent'' (June 26, 1968): 28. via Newspapers.com and earned a Bachelor of Elocution degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1902.

Career

Bess Gearhart Morrison was a teacher in her teen years, at a small schoolhouse in rural Nebraska.
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