Mary Galentine Fenner

Mary Galentine Fenner
"A Woman of the Century"
BornMary A. Galentine
May 17, 1839
Rush, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 1903 (aged 64)
Ovid, New York, U.S.
Resting placeEvergreen Lawn Cemetery, Akron, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • poet
  • litterateur
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGenesee Wesleyan Seminary
Spouse
Francis Drake Fenner
(m. 1861; died 1894)

Mary Galentine Fenner (née, Galentine; May 17, 1839 - July 10, 1903) was an American poet and litterateur.[1] She wrote for the Rural New Yorker before becoming a prolific versifier. She was also involved in the temperance and suffrage movements.[2]

  1. ^ Herringshaw 1909, p. 433.
  2. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (2005). Great American Women of the 19th Century: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Humanity Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-211-4. Retrieved 26 March 2022.