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Mary Allen (criminal)
Mary Allen or Allan may also refer to: *Mary Wood-Allen (1841–1908), American doctor, social reformer, lecturer, and writer *Mary Electa Allen (1858–1941), American photographer *Mary Allan (British academic) (1869–1956), British academic, principal of Homerton College, Cambridge *Mary Hayes Allen (1875–1935), American educator *Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964), Welsh-born suffragette who was an early police woman and a far right leader *Aileen Allen (Mary Aileen Allen, 1888–1950), American diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics *Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962), Australian artist, writer and lecturer *Mary Parsons Reid Allan (1917–2002), Scottish artist *Mary Belle Allen (1922–1973), American botanist and chemist *Mary Love (Mary Ann Allen, 1943–2013), American singer *Mary Allen (arts administrator) (born 1951), British writer, broadcaster, arts administrator and management consultant *Elyse Allan (Mary Elyse Allan, born 1956/7), Canadian businesswoman *Mary Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Wood-Allen
Mary Augusta Wood-Allen (October 19, 1841 – January 21, 1908) was an American doctor, social reformer, lecturer, and writer of books on health and self-improvement for women and children. Through her lectures and writings she was a voice for the social purity movement. Biography Mary Augusta Wood was born in Delta, Ohio, Delta, Ohio, the daughter of George Wood and Sarah (Seely) Wood. She attended Ohio Wesleyan Female College, graduating in 1862. After teaching for a time at the Battleground Collegiate Institute in Battle Ground, Indiana, Battle Ground, Indiana, she married Chillon Brown Allen, a lawyer, and took the surname Wood-Allen. After three years studying in Vienna, Austria, Wood-Allen earned a medical degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1875. She went into practice in Newark, New Jersey. In 1883, she was appointed "Lecturer of Heredity and Hygiene" for the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) at the suggestion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Electa Allen
Mary Electa Allen (1858–1941) was an American photographer and co-founder of the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework. She worked alongside her sister as a photographer from 1885 until 1920 capturing the life and landscape of Historic Deerfield, Old Deerfield, among other subjects and paid commissions. Her work was critical for the Deerfield Arts and Crafts movement which began in the late 19th century. She captured the life and work of the artists and Artisan, craftspeople, wrote extensively about the movement's progress, and illustrated their work through photographs in magazine articles. Early life and education Allen was one of four children born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, to Josiah Allen, a prosperous farmer, and his wife Mary. She began studying at the Deerfield Academy with her sister, Frances Stebbins Allen, where they first had the opportunity to progress socially, intellectually, and artistically. In 1874, the sisters joined a two-year program at the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
