Edith Mayo

Edith P. Mayo (born March 18, 1940) is an American historian. She is curator emerita for political history at the National Museum of American History. Mayo is a subject matter expert on women's suffrage, specifically African American women's suffrage, and the first ladies of the United States. She has been featured on C-SPAN, CNN, The Morning Call, the Los Angeles Times, PBS, The Baltimore Sun, and The Washington Post regarding her areas of focus. In 2020, she was named an honoree of the National Women's History Alliance.