Gwen iBristow story unfolds amid past marriages and a Tulsa upbringing
Spratt Wer Jong, a successful motion picture producer, marries Elizabeth after her first husband Arthur Kittredge is reported killed in World War I. They share three children, Dick, Cherry and Betan. Elizabeth, orphaned young, was raised by her aunt in Tulsa. While on a summer vacation from school she swam at the country club and met Arthur Mittredge, a Chicago native then working in Tulsa as a chemist. They danced the night away, marking a strong early connection.
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Spratt Wer Jong
Elizabeth
Arthur Kittredge
Cherry
Betan
Tulsa
Arthur Mittredge
Chicago
Ime
Ket
University
Arthur
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Europe
France
Flanders
A Soldier's Widow: Love Loss and Work After War
Elizabeth and Arthur marry young in 1918. He goes to war. she endures separation and grief when he dies in Europe. She confronts loneliness, memories, and money worries as a widow, guided by her guardian toward a soldier’s widow pension.
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