Mary Garrett
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Mary Garrett (5 March 1854 - 1915) was an American suffragist and philanthropist.
[edit] Biography
Mary Garrett closely associated with the establishment of Bryn Mawr College for women. At her death, she gave $15,000,000 to M. Carey Thomas, the president of Bryn Mawr College, her lesbian lover.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Lillian Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, Penguin Books Ltd, 1991, page 30. ISBN 0231074883
[edit] External links
- http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/garrett/introduction2.htm
- http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/sargent/garrett.html
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