Jessie Lois Roberts, Woman's Club of Wilmington Scrapbook, 1946-1948

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Summary

Title:
Jessie Lois Roberts, Woman's Club of Wilmington Scrapbook
Dates:
1946-1948
Creators:
Healy, Jessie Lois Roberts, 1908-1973 Woman’s Club of Wilmington
Abstract:
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Jessie Lois Roberts, Woman's Club of Wilmington Scrapbook. Wilmington Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

The Jessie Lois Roberts Woman's Club of Wilmington Scrapbook documents the activities and events of the organization between 1946 and 1948. The scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations, yearbooks, convention booklets, theatrical and music programs, and brochures. Included are notices regarding the Club’s social events, literary and arts section, garden section, and handicraft and sewing section, as well as articles relating to redistricting, dog racing, gambling, and other legislative issues. The collection consists of one scrapbook.

Biographical / historical:

Jessie Lois Pangborn was born on March 12, 1908 to parents Warren and Laura A. Pangborn (née Bingham) in Lomita, California. She attended local elementary schools and graduated from Nathaniel A. Narbonne High School in 1926. Jessie Lois married Preston George Roberts February 15, 1928 in Wilmington, California and they settled in a home on West G Street in Wilmington. Between 1928 and 1933, the couple had three children, two boys and one girl. Beginning in the early 1930s, Jessie Lois was involved in several auxiliary organizations such as the Junior Chamber of Commerce “Jayettes,” the Wilmington Rotary Anns, and the Optimist Club wives’ club. Throughout the 1940s, she was active in several civic, religious, and women’s organizations, including Native Daughters of the Golden West, Mary Martha Circle, Calvary Presbyterian Church, P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization), the American Red Cross, and the Fries Avenue Elementary School PTA. About 1940, she joined the Wilmington Woman’s Club, which was established in 1915. The Wilmington Woman’s Club was primarily a social club engaged in activities such as picnics, day trips, holiday parties, card games, luncheons and dinners, dances, theatrical and musical entertainment, flower shows, and educational lectures. To a lesser degree, the Club was involved in local and state politics through its parent organization, the California Federation of Women’s Clubs. Jessie Lois was elected president of the Wilmington Woman’s Club in 1946, and served as delegate to the 44th Convention of the California Federation of Women’s Clubs for that year. Jessie Lois and Preston George Roberts divorced sometime between 1953 and 1956. She married Albert H. Healy on September 5, 1969 in Los Angeles, California. She passed away on December 21, 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Acquisition information:
Lori Roberts, 2020

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Wilmington Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:
1946-1948
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator of this collection has been transferred to the Wilmington Historical Society. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred citation:

Jessie Lois Roberts, Woman's Club of Wilmington Scrapbook. Wilmington Historical Society

Location of this collection:
309 W. Opp St.
Wilmington, CA 90744, US