Gannett, Mary Thorn Lewis (1854-1952)

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Jane Addams to Mary Thorn Lewis Gannett, January 26, 1902

Mary Thorn Lewis Gannett to Jane Addams, January 25, 1907

Address to B'rith Kodesh Temple, March 18, 1902 (excerpt)

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamilton to the American Friends' Service Committee on the Situation in Germany, November 17, 1919

Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch to Friends of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, August 11, 1924

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Report Fund Receipts, December 10, 1924

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Birth Date

1854-02-27

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1952-10-26

Birthplace

Altoona, PA

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Mary Lewis Gannett studied chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Hinsdale, Illinois with her husband. In 1889, they moved to Rochester, NY and Gannett made fast ties with many of the activist groups around her. She was the main part of the Woman’s Alliance of the Unitarian Church, the Unity Club, the Women’s Ethical Club, Rochester’s Women’s Political Club (later renamed the Political Equality Club), and more. She was an instrumental figure in opening the University of Rochester to women students and was a powerful voice in the movement for women's suffrage.

Gannett married Rev. William C. Gannett in 1887. Gannett died in 1952.