Mary Henderson (soprano)
Mary Henderson may refer to: * Mary Henderson Eastman (1818–1887), American author * Mary Foote Henderson (1846–1931), American author, real estate developer, and social activist *Mary H. J. Henderson (1874 –1938), World War I Scottish Women's Hospital administrator, suffragist and war poet * Mary Ellen Henderson, African-American educator and civil rights activist * Mary Henderson (journalist), Greek-born British journalist and host See also * Henderson (surname) Henderson is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is derived from patronymic form of the name Henry and '' Hendry'', which is a Scottish form of '' Henry''. It means "Son of Hendry" and "Son of Henry". In Scottish Gaelic it is rendered ''MacEan ...

Mary Henderson Eastman
Mary Henderson Eastman (February 24, 1818February 24, 1887) was an American historian and novelist who is noted for her works about Native Americans in the United States, Native American life. She was also an advocate of Slavery in the United States, slavery in the United States. In response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', Eastman defended Southern slaveholding society by writing ''Aunt Phillis's Cabin, Aunt Phillis's Cabin; Or, Southern Life As It Is'' (1852), which earned her considerable fame. She was the wife of the American illustrator and army officer Seth Eastman. Biography Mary Henderson was born on February 24, 1818, in Warrenton, Virginia, to Anna Maria (née Truxtun) and Thomas Henderson, a physician. His mother was the daughter of Commodore Thomas Truxtun, a hero during the United States' Quasi-War with France. As she stated in her novel ''Aunt Phillis's Cabin'' (1852), Eastman was a descendant of the First Families of Virginia and had ...
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Mary Foote Henderson
Mary Foote Henderson (July 21, 1842 – July 16, 1931) was an American author, real estate developer, and social activist from the U.S. state of New York who was known as "The Empress of Sixteenth Street". Henderson was a notable advocate of women's suffrage, temperance and vegetarianism. Early life and education She was born in Seneca Falls, New York, the daughter of Eunice Newton, a scientist and women's rights campaigner, and Elisha Foote, a prominent lawyer and judge, and the niece of Senator Samuel A. Foot of Connecticut and numerous other aunts and uncles. Mother Eunice born in Bloomfield, New York described the Greenhouse Gas effect in 1856 and also held several patents. Eunice was also a signatory of the "Declaration of Sentiments" at the first Women's Rights Convention and a member of the Editorial Committee in 1848. Elisha moved his family to Washington, D.C. during the Civil War while he served as Commissioner of the US Patent Office. Mary Henderson was educated ...
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Mary H
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religion * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary the Jewess, one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois * Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482), daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy * Queen Mary of Denmark (born 1972), wife of Frederik X of Denmark * Mary I of England (1516–1558), aka "Bloody Mary", Queen of Englan ...
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Mary Ellen Henderson
Mary Ellen Henderson ( Meriwether; September 18, 1885 – February 4, 1976) was an African-American educator and civil rights activist in the mid-1900s. She is most famous for her work desegregating living spaces in Falls Church, working to build better facilities for black students in Falls Church, Virginia and starting the CCPL (Colored Citizens Protective League), the first rural branch of the NAACP. Early life and family Mary Ellen Meriwether was born in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 1885, to Mary Louise Robinson Meriwether and James Henry Meriwether. Both of her parents had a college education. Her mother, Mary Louise, graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio, went on to teach at the first high school for black students, later known as the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, in Washington, D.C., and worked as a social activist. Mary Ellen's father, James, graduated from Howard University. He later practiced law in Washington D.C. and served on the board of trustees at Ho ...
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Mary Henderson (journalist)
Mary Xenia Henderson, Lady Henderson (''née'' Cawadias; 29 March 1919 – 22 January 2004) was a Greek-born British journalist and host. She worked as a nurse during the Second World War and went on to be a journalist for both the magazines ''Life'' and ''Time'' covering the Greek Civil War and was the sole female correspondent reporting on the conflict. Henderson was a host at various embassies around the world and published her memoirs in 1988. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1988. Early life On 29 March 1919, Henderson was born Maria Xenia Cawadias in Athens, Greece. She was the daughter of Alexander Polycleitos Cawadias, the physician to George II of Greece, the King of Greece, and head of Greece's largest teaching hospital called the Evangelimos. Henderson had one brother. An ancestor of Henderson's was an archbishop who fought against the Turkish in the Greek War of Independence and her grandfather, Panagiotis Kavvadias, established a museu ...
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