War Will Not End War
Jessie Annette Jack Hooper was born on a farm in Winneshiek County, Iowa on November 9, 1865. Her mother was Mary Elizabeth Nelings and her father was David Hayes Jack, a wealthy businessman who mustered into a unit for Iowa during the Civil War. He married Mary when he returned home from the war. Jessie’s early education was with a governess. In 1888 Jessie married Ben Hooper, an Oshkosh, Wisconsin attorney, who encouraged activism and civic interests. The couple moved to Os