Bessie Stanley Clark (1891-1974) was born on August 31, 1891 to Clarence Clark and Florence N. (Stanley) Clark in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Bessie Stanley Clark died on March 11, 1974 in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Bessie and her sister Annie attended the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine in 1908. The town of Southwest Harbor paid their tuition. Bessie taught history, mathematics, geography and physical training at Castine Normal School in 1921 and earned Bachelor’s and Masters degrees at Columbia University Teachers College in 1931-32.
“Clark - Bessie Stanley Clark (1891-1974),” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed April 18, 2024, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/9578.Item 13587
