Mary Ann Prout (February 14, 1800 or 1801 – 1884) was an

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educator. Thought to be born in either South River or

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, Prout founded a day school in Baltimore in 1830, and taught there until its closure in 1867. She was involved in other humanitarian ventures; a trusteeship of the Gregory Aged Women's Home, president of the local chapter of the National Reform Educational Association, and founded a secret order in 1867 that became the Independent Order of St. Luke, a Black aid organization. Prout died in Baltimore around 1884.

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