Ethel Wilson Gammon | |
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Born | Ethel Searle Wilson July 31, 1916 |
Died | January 11, 2009 | (aged 92)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Billie Gammon |
Education | B.A. education, University of Maine at Farmington, 1974 M.A. education, University of Maine at Portland-Gorham, 1975 |
Occupation | Executive director |
Years active | 1974–1991 |
Organization | Washburn-Norlands Living History Center |
Spouse | Alfred Quimby Gammon |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Howard Goucher Wilson Mable Beatrice Searle Wilson |
Awards | Maine Women's Hall of Fame, 1997 |
Ethel "Billie" Wilson Gammon (July 31, 1916 – January 11, 2009)[1] was an American educator and living history museum founder and director. In 1974 she founded the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center on the former estate of Israel Washburn in Livermore, Maine, and served as its volunteer executive director until 1991. Her educational and outreach programs brought 40,000 visitors to the site annually by the end of the twentieth century. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 1997.