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1844–1915
Mary Elizabeth Eato (also Eaton; September 23, 1844 – February 8, 1915) was an African-American suffragist and teacher.
1881–1953
Mary Eliza Merritt (April 27, 1881 – 1953) was an American nurse who was the first African American to be licensed as nurse in Kentucky. Merritt was awarded the Mary Mahoney Medal for distinguished service in nursing from the National Association of…
1845–1926
Mahoney graduated from nursing school in 1879 and later helped found the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, opening the profession to Black women.
1881–1944
Mary Elizabeth Branch (May 29, 1881 – July 6, 1944) was an American educator and academic administrator. She was Black, and served as president of Tillotson College (now Huston–Tillotson University), a HBCU in Austin, Texas. She was the first female…
1916–2008
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie (19 April 1916 – 20 February 2008) was an American educator and author in the field of nursing. Known for breaking down racial barriers, she was the first black nurse to serve as a voting member on the board of a state nursing…
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Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the…
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Mary Elizabeth Vroman (c. 1924 – April 29, 1967) was an American author of several books and short stories, including "See How They Run", a short story published in 1951.
1885–1976
Mary Ellen Henderson (née Meriwether; September 18, 1885 – February 4, 1976) was an African-American educator and civil rights activist in the mid-1900s.
1885–1947
Mary Loraine Europe was an American pianist, organist, and music educator who rose to prominence musically during the early 1900s as a performer with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society. She was African-American and was the younger sister of ragtime…
1979; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of children playing on the playground of Mary Fields Elementary School under the shade of a tree. Two students play on a swingset while others play in a grassy field in the background. On the left…
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Mary Frances Berry (born February 17, 1938) is an American historian, writer, lawyer, activist and professor who focuses on U.S. constitutional and legal, African-American history. Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought where…
1958–
Mary Frances Clardy (born November 15, 1958) is an American teacher and politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Clardy represents District 53A in the…
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Mary G. Evans (January 13, 1891 – April 12, 1966) was an American Christian minister. Evans is most known for serving as the pastor of Chicago's Cosmopolitan Community Church for 34 years, from 1932 until her death in 1966. She was the first woman to…
1845–1890
Mary Garnet Barboza (1845 – 1890) was an African-American school founder and campaigner for women's education in Liberia. She was born Mary Garnet on February 11, 1845, in Troy, New York, the only surviving child of abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet and…
1913–2007
Mary Emmeline Godfrey (3 July 1913 - 30 April 2007) was an artist and art educator who became the first full-time African-American faculty member at Penn State University. She was hired in 1957 and served as an assistant professor of art education until…
1875–1935
Mary Hayes Allen was an American educator. She served as the president of Virginia Theological Seminary and College from 1906 through 1908.
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Mary Henrietta Graham (1857 or 1858 – January 2, 1890) was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the University of Michigan, as well as the first biracial person to graduate from it.
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Mary Dana Hinton is an American academic and university administrator. She served as the president of the College of Saint Benedict from 2014 to 2020, and was appointed as the president of Hollins University in August 2020. She is the first…
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Mary Jackson McCrorey (November 9, 1867 – January 13, 1944) was an American educator, mission worker, and leader in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).
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Mary B. James is an American physicist and educator. She is the Dean for Institutional Diversity and the A. A. Knowlton Professor of Physics at Reed College. James specializes in particle physics and accelerators.
1840–1894
Patterson graduated from Oberlin College in 1862 and went on to become a respected teacher and principal in Washington, D.C.
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Mary Jane Richardson Jones (c. 1819 – December 26, 1909) was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, and suffragist. Born in Tennessee to parents who were free African-Americans, Jones and her family moved to Illinois. With her husband, John, she was a…
March 9, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.69.1a, 2011.174.69.1b, 2011.174.69.1c, 2011.174.69.1d, and 2011.174.69.1e. Mary Jenkins describes Albany, Georgia, during her childhood and discusses moments when she encountered racial prejudice.…
March 9, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.70.1a and 2011.174.70.1b. Mary Jones describes her childhood in Albany, Georgia, including the work she did as a child and her memories of school. Jones discusses learning about the Civil Rights…
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