Mary Gordon (other)
Mary Gordon may refer to: * Mary Gordon (prison inspector) (1861–1941), British physician and prison inspector * Mary Charlotte Gordon (1840–1926), wrote as Mrs Disney Leith *Mary Gordon (writer) (born 1949), American author * Mary Gordon (actress) (1882–1963), Scottish actress of the 1920s–50s who appeared in nearly 300 films *Mary Gordon (child advocate) (born 1947), Canadian social entrepreneur, author, and child advocate *Mary Gordon Ellis (1889–1934), educator and politician from South Carolina See also *Mary Gordon-Watson Mary Gordon-Watson (born 3 April 1948) is a British equestrian. She was born in Blandford. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capit ...

Mary Gordon (prison Inspector)
Mary Louisa Gordon (15 August 1861 − 5 May 1941) was a British physician, prison inspector and author. After graduating from the London School of Medicine for Women in 1890, Gordon worked at the East London Hospital for Children, the Evelina London Children's Hospital, and later had a private practice in Harley Street. While working as a physician, she made a number of public addresses and wrote publications on topics including the effects of prostitution and alcohol dependence on women. Gordon was appointed as the first British female prison inspector in 1908. During her time as prison inspector, she enacted a number of improvements including on prison work allocation. She also supported the British suffragette movement, and secretly communicated with the Women's Social and Political Union about conditions in prisons. After retirement in 1921, she wrote the book ''Penal Discipline'' (1922), which advocated for reforms to the prison system, and the historical novel ''Chase ...
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Mrs Disney Leith
Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon became Mary Charlotte Julia Leith (1840–1926), she was best known as Mrs Disney Leith who was a British novelist and traveller. She was a childhood friend of Swinburne and after her husband died she visited Iceland numerous times, writing about the country and translating works from Icelandic. Life Leith was born Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon, in London, and she was the daughter of Mary Agnes Blanche (born Ashburnham) and Sir Henry Percy Gordon bart in 1840. Her father had been a leading mathematician when he was at Cambridge. Her grandfathers were General Sir James Willoughby Gordon and George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, George Ashburnham, the Earl of Ashburnham. She was brought up in the family seat of Northcourt Manor, Northcourt House at Shorwell on the Isle of Wight. Northcourt House was a mansion that stood inside its own park. Her first cousin was the poet Swinburne lived nearby on the Isle of Wight. He was frail but "fired with nervous en ...
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