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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, 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, 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 in 1875. She went into practice in Newark, New Jersey. In 1883 she was appointed "Lecturer of Heredity and Hygiene" for the National Women's Christian Temperance Union at the suggestion of Frances Willard and lectured widely on these subjects. In 1892 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
