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Evans, Mary Ann
(Encyclopedia)Evans, Mary Ann or Marian: see Eliot, George. ...Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft
(Encyclopedia)Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft: see Wollstonecraft, Mary. ...Henry, Mary Kay
(Encyclopedia)Henry, Mary Kay, 1958–, American labor leader, b. Detroit, B.A. Michigan State Univ., 1979. She began working with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in 1979, focusing on union organiz...Chase, Mary Ellen
(Encyclopedia)Chase, Mary Ellen, 1887–1973, American educator and writer, b. Blue Hill, Maine, grad. Univ. of Maine, 1909. Her works, set in Maine and excellent in their regional fidelity, include a biography and...Jones, Mary Harris
(Encyclopedia)Jones, Mary Harris, 1830–1930, American labor agitator, called Mother Jones, b. Ireland. Interested in the labor movement for many years, she became active in it after the death of her husband and f...Baterson, Mary Catherine
(Encyclopedia)Bateson, Mary Catherine, 1939-2021, American linguist and anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Radcliffe (BA,1960), Harvard (Ph.D., 1963). The daugh...Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
(Encyclopedia)Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817–1901, Union nurse in the American Civil War, b. Mary Ann Ball in Knox co., Ohio. Generally called Mother Bickerdyke, she served throughout the war in the West and was belo...Bethune, Mary McLeod
(Encyclopedia)Bethune, Mary McLeod bəthyo͞onˈ [key], 1875–1955, American educator, b. Mayesville, S.C., grad. Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1895. The 17th child of former slaves, she taught (1895–1903) in ...Alacoque, Margaret Mary
(Encyclopedia)Alacoque, Margaret Mary: see Margaret Mary, Saint. ...Murfree, Mary Noailles
(Encyclopedia)Murfree, Mary Noailles: see Craddock, Charles Egbert. ...Browse by Subject
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