Mary Bigelow Ingham

Mary Bigelow Ingham
Portrait from "A Woman of the Century"
Portrait from "A Woman of the Century"
BornMary Bigelow Janes
March 10, 1832
Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 1923(1923-11-17) (aged 91)
Pen nameAnne Hathaway
Occupationauthor, educator, and religious worker
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNorwalk Seminary; Baldwin Institute; Ohio Wesleyan College
Notable worksWomen 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.