Mary Carnell (December 21, 1861 — October 10, 1925) also seen as Mary Carnell MacEuen, was an American photographer and clubwoman based in

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. She was founder and first president of the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America.

Early life

Mary A. Carnell was born in

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, the daughter of William Carnell and Hannah Elmira Gillman Carnell. She graduated from

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.John William Leonard
''Woman's Who's who of America''
(American Commonwealth 1914): 518. Her father owned an iron foundry. She nearly died in 1890, when her uncle tried to push her into the path of an oncoming train, but she was rescued by the train's conductor.

Career

Carnell ran her own photographic studio from a home on Spruce Street in Philadelphia. She organized the Women's Federation of the Photographers' Association of America in 1909, and served as its first president for three years. "Her tact and executive ability is apparent in every movement of her stately figure," wrote

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in 1912. "She is the mother of the Federation, and in grateful appreciation of all she has done for the Federation she was voted its head for life." Carnell was also president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Old Guard State Fencibles, member of the Historical Pageant Association of Pennsylvania, president of the Professional Women's Club, member of the Society for the Prevention of Social and Moral Diseases, member of the

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, and on the board of directors of

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Personal life

Mary Carnell married Edward Allen MacEuen in 1900. She died in 1925, aged 63 years. Laura H. Carnell, dean of women at

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, was her cousin."Althea J. Carnell"
''Philadelphia Inquirer'' (July 19, 1939): 9. via

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References

External links

*Mary Carnell
"With the Women Photographers"
''The St. Louis and Canadian Photographer'' (December 1909): 721. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carnell, Mary 1861 births 1925 deaths Glassboro High School alumni Photographers from New Jersey People from Glassboro, New Jersey