Partner Edith Chapman

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5435 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618

Dorothy J. Wobbs (November 24, 1894 - May 22, 1997) was a teacher at Rockridge School in Oakland, CA, from 1930 to 1959.

Edith Chapman became lovers with Dorothy “Dollie” Wobbs and lived with her for the rest of her life. When Edith died in Oakland in 1967, her obituary referred to herself as “the loving friend of Miss Dorothy J. Wobbs.”



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