Bio: Annie Carter Wilkinson; Orleans, then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000





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Annie Carter Wilkinson.  Among Louisiana women whose work for others and in
behalf of a cause will deserve the grateful recognition of history and the
memory of the people of the state, one was Annie Carter Wilkinson of
Shreveport, whose life was signaled by great devotion to every phase of human
welfare, and whose work was particularly identified with the triumph of the
women's suffrage cause in this state.

A daughter of W. J. and Victoria (Marti) Carter, she was born in the City of
New Orleans, January 23, 1871.  In New Orleans she acquired her early
educational advantages.  Later her family moved to Coushatta, where she met a
rising young attorney, W. A. Wilkinson, to whom she was married September 9,
1896.  Later she removed to Shreveport, where Mr. Wilkinson earned a
successful reputation as a lawyer.  He died at Shreveport May 29, 1924.

Mrs. Wilkinson, who passed away May 5, 1921, was survived by three brothers: 
Dr. Albert Carter, of Florida;  W. P. Carter, of Cedar Grove, Louisiana;  J.
M. Carter, of Shreveport;  Miss Mamie Carter, her sister; her mother, Mrs.
Victoria Carter; and a daughter,  Katherine, all residents of Shreveport

Mrs. Wilkinson was prominent in many phases of club and social organizations,
and because of the great admiration entertained for her by her friends and
associates, social functions were cancelled at the time of her death.  At
Coushatta she had organized and became the first president of the Oak Leaf
Club.  After moving to Shreveport her active interest in that club continued. 
She became a member of the Hypatia Club, the original woman's club of
Shreveport, and was later elected its president.  She was also a member of the
Era and Woman's Department Club, taking much interest in the literature
department.  She was chairman of the legislative committee of the Caddo League
of Woman Voters, the after being the outgrowth of the Shreveport Equal
Suffrage League.  She was one of the committee of Workers at the 1920 session
of the Legislature to whose efforts the women of the state owe their right of
suffrage.  She served one term as president of the Louisiana Federation of
Woman's Clubs, and when woman's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce was formed,
was very active in its organization and was the first choice for chairman, and
as such became a director of the Chamber of Commerce.

Mrs. Wilkinson is remembered as a woman of rare charm and magnetic
personality, capable of inspiring love and admiration in all; was a most
dependable friend: and she labored for the success of numerous causes, without
any selfish thought of personal honor.  She was an active member of the
Marquette Club of St. John's Catholic Church, and her death was a great loss
to the Catholic community of Shreveport.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 203, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by
The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.