Mary Foy (actress)
Mary Foy may refer to: * Mary Foy (librarian) (1862–1962), first woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library * Mary Lou Foy (born 1944), American photojournalist * Mary Foy (politician) Mary Kelly Foy (; born 27 February 1968) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham since the 2019 general election. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary c ...

Mary Foy (librarian)
Mary Emily Foy (July 13, 1862 – February 21, 1962) was the first woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served for only four years but left a legacy for Los Angeles librarians to remember. Early life Foy was born in Los Angeles, California. Predecessors Women played a subsidiary role in Los Angeles Public Library affairs for many years. On the library's founding in 1872, women were excluded from even using it. ::However, this situation quickly changed. Within its first six months of operation, the board discussed allowing “ladys” limited membership, letting them use their male relatives’ membership cards to gain access to the library’s collections.13In 1876 the library added a “Ladies Room” to its complex. Although the new room did not contain books, it did house a number of popular magazines as well as comfortable sofas and chairs fo ...
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Mary Lou Foy
Mary Lou Foy (born August 17, 1944) is an American photojournalist. She served as picture editor at ''The Washington Post'' from 1990 to 2006 and was president of the National Press Photographers Association in 1992. Education Foy attended Auburn High School and Auburn University, receiving a B.A. in journalism from the latter in 1966. She attended graduate school at the University of Florida in journalism and environmental engineering. Career In 1971, became the first female photojournalist to work for the ''Gainesville Sun''. In 1974, she joined the staff of the Fort Lauderdale ''Sun-Sentinel'', and in 1976 became the first woman photojournalist on the staff of the ''Miami Herald''. Foy rose from that position to become picture editor of the ''Herald'', before being hired by ''The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulate ...
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