Mary Hilliard Hinton
Mary Hilliard Hinton | |
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Hinton in 1914 | |
| North Carolina State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1869 Midway Plantation, Wake County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 1961 (aged 91) Knightdale, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hinton Cemetery, The Oaks Plantation, Knightdale |
| Parent(s) | David Hinton Mary Boddie Carr |
| Relatives | Elias Carr (uncle) Eleanor Kearny Carr (aunt) Julian Carr (cousin) |
| Education | Saint Mary's School Peace Institute |
| Occupation | painter, anti-suffragist activist, historian |
Mary Hilliard Hinton (June 7, 1869 – January 6, 1961) was an American painter, historian, clubwoman, and political activist. She was a leader in North Carolina's anti-suffragist movement and an outspoken white supremacist, co-founding and running North Carolina's branches of the States Rights Defense League and the Southern Rejection League. A prominent clubwoman, Hinton was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America; serving as a booklet editor, artist, registrar, and state regent for the North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.