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1950–
Mary Anne Veronica Chambers, (born September 8, 1950) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada, and was named Chancellor of the University of Guelph in September 2022. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 until 2007, and…
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Mary Antona Ebo, FSM, (born Elizabeth Louise "Betty Lou" Ebo; April 10, 1924 – November 11, 2017) was an American nun, hospital administrator, and civil rights activist. She was the first African-American woman to head a Catholic hospital, and is known for…
1950–2020
Mary Magdalene Black (April 9, 1950- March 21, 2020) was an American advocate for underserved families and nonprofit pioneer. She founded and led the Black Family and Child Services of Arizona.
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Mary Cordelia Montgomery Booze (née Mary Cordelia Montgomery; March 1878 – May 17, 1955) was an American political organizer, teacher, businessperson, and activist. The daughter of former slaves, she was one of the first African-American women to sit on…
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Mary Burnett Talbert (born Mary Morris Burnett; September 17, 1866 – October 15, 1923) was an American orator, activist, suffragist and reformer. In 2005, Talbert was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
1863–1954
Terrell became the first president of the National Association of Colored Women and campaigned for racial and gender equality for over six decades.
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Mary Dudley (born Mary Elizabeth Goode; April 8, 1912 – March 17, 1964), known as Mary Dee, was an American disc jockey who is widely considered the first African-American woman disc jockey in the United States. She grew up in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and…
1923–1995
Mary E. Baker (1923–1995) was a notable African-American community activist and leader in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Born 1820
Mary Elizabeth (née Miles) Bibb (1820–1877 or the early 1880s) was an American-born educator and abolitionist leader. She is considered by some to be the first female Black journalist in Canada. She was a teacher and abolitionist in the United States,…
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Mary Ellen Britton (1855–1925) was an American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist from Lexington, Kentucky. Britton was an original member of the Kentucky Negro Education Association, which formed in 1877.
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Mary Elizabeth Jackson (1867–1923), was an African-American female suffrage activist, YWCA leader and writer. She worked with the Northeast Federation of Colored Women's Club and lead the suffrage movement with the National Association of Colored Women.
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…
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.
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Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter is a multimedia artist, activist, prison reform advocate and speaker based in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for creating socially conscious visual art, film, and music, and raps under the stage name of Isis Tha Saviour.
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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 Frances Vashon (c. 1818 – September 1854) also known as Mary Frances Colder, and by her pen name Fanny Homewood, was an African American journalist and an abolitionist in the 19th century. She was one of the first African American female journalists…
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…
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Mary Lucille Hamilton (October 13, 1935 – November 11, 2002) was an African American civil rights activist. Her case before the United States Supreme Court, Hamilton v. Alabama, decided that an African American woman was entitled to the same courteous…
1870–1933
Mary J. Johnson Woodlen (1870-1933) was an influential suffragist in Wilmington, Delaware. She was vice president of the Wilmington chapter of NAACP, a founding member of the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Study Club, and a major religious speaker at Methodist…
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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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Mary Louise Petty (January 4, 1916 – September 14, 2001) was an American Army nurse and a pioneering figure in the racial integration of the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She became the first African American nurse in the corps to…
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