Mary Chawner Woody | |
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| Title | President, North Carolina, Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Mary Williams Chawner December 22, 1846 Azalia, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 1928 (aged 82) |
| Resting place | New Garden Friends Cemetery, Guilford College |
| Spouse |
John Warren Woody (m. 1868) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Quakers |
| Profession |
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| Ordination | 1884 |
For the American nurse, hospital administrator, and university professor, see Mary Woody.
Mary Chawner Woody (December 22, 1846 – December 25, 1928) was an American Quaker minister, educator, and temperance leader.[1] For ten years, she served as president of the North Carolina branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), 1884–1894.[2] She was also a Friends minister.
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "WOODY, Mrs. Mary Williams Chawner". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 799–800.
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