Mary Bigelow Ingham
Mary Bigelow Ingham | |
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Portrait from "A Woman of the Century" | |
| Born | Mary Bigelow Janes March 10, 1832 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 1923 (aged 91) |
| Pen name | Anne Hathaway |
| Occupation | author, educator, and religious worker |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Norwalk Seminary; Baldwin Institute; Ohio Wesleyan College |
| Notable works | Women of Cleveland and their work |
| Spouse |
William A. Ingham
(m. 1866; died 1898) |
Mary Bigelow Ingham (née, Janes; pen name, Anne Hathaway; March 10, 1832 - 17 November 1923) was an American author, educator, and religious worker. Dedicated to teaching, missionary work, and temperance reform, she served as professor of French and belles-lettres in the Ohio Wesleyan College; presided over and addressed the first public meeting ever held in Cleveland conducted exclusively by religious women; co-founded the Western Reserve School of Design (later, Cleveland Institute of Art); and was a charter member of the order of the Daughters of the American Revolution.