May Dickson Exall (August 14, 1859 – September 28, 1936) was an American civic leader and co-founder of the

Dallas Public Library The Dallas Public Library system serves as the municipal library system of the city of Dallas, Texas (USA). History In 1899, the idea to create a free public library in Dallas was conceived by the Dallas Federation of Women's Clubs, led by pre ...

and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (now the

Dallas Museum of Art The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Art ...

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1859 births 1936 deaths People from McKinney, Texas {{Texas-bio-stub