Mary Towne Burt

Mary Towne Burt
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	March 28, 1842 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	April 29, 1898(1898-04-29) (aged 56) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	temperance reformer, newspaper publisher, editor, benefactor
Education	Auburn Young Ladies' Institute
Spouse	Edward Burt
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Mary Towne Burt (née, Towne; March 28, 1842 – April 29, 1898) was a 19th-century American temperance reformer, newspaper publisher, and benefactor from Ohio. Burt was identified with temperance work nearly all her life. She was the first president of the Auburn, New York branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and beginning in 1882, served as president of the New York State Society of the Union. In 1875, she became the publisher, and subsequently the editor, of Our Union, the organ of the society, and in 1878–80 was the corresponding secretary of the National Union. For several years, Burt had charge of the legislative interests of the union, and several laws for the protection of women and young girls resulted from her efforts.^[1]