# Rebecca Wasson — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> Rebecca Wasson in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0206-rebecca-wasson

## Who they are

A woman who dies in childbirth, leaving a grieving husband.

## In the story

### [John Wasson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/john-wasson)

John's wife, who followed him wailing with their children during his departure for war.

### [Rebecca Wasson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/rebecca-wasson)

The centenarian narrator, bedridden and reflecting on her long life, her marriage to John, and the passage of time.

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