# Wilberta Bannigan — Babbitt character guide

> Wilberta Bannigan in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Bannigan

**First appearance:** 0000-chapter-i

## Who they are

A stenographer in Babbitt's office.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii)

The thick, slow, laborious accountant and file-clerk is mentioned as part of the office staff.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/i)

Miss Bannigan is mentioned as the person who should be in the office during Miss McGoun's lunch.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii)

Bookkeeper in the outer office, part of the staff whose gaze unsettles Babbitt.

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