Garrett, Mary Elizabeth (1854-1915)

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Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, November 13, 1906

Jane Addams to Martha Carey Thomas, November 24, 1906

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 23, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 31, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 5, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 21, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 29, 1907

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, January 24, 1908

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 7, 1908

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 05, 1908

Jane Addams to Martha Carey Thomas, November 20, 1908

Jane Addams to Martha Carey Thomas, August 29, 1910

Jane Addams to Martha Carey Thomas, March 7, 1912

Jane Addams to Martha Carey Thomas, March 9, 1912

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 23, 1912

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 30, 1912

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, July 23, 1912

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, December 12, 1912

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1854-03-05

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1915-04-03

Birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland

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Mary Elizabeth Garrett was a philanthropist and suffrage activist. She was introduced to a group of intellectually powerful women known as "Friday Evening", women whose fathers were on the board of John Hopkins School of Medicine or Hospital. They talked about how to obtain broader rights for women, especially intellectually. Her main contribution was the sponsoring of the Bryn Mawr School for Women and Bryn Mawr College, donating $10,000 per year to the college. She helped to push the first co-ed medical graduate program, located at John Hopkins School of Medicine, as well as organized the National American Woman Suffrage Association's national convention in 1906. Upon her death in 1915, Garrett bequeathed her estate, valued at more than one million dollars, to M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr College, with whom she was a romantic partner and lived with until her death in the Bryn Mawr Deanery.