Mary Eleanor Brackenridge

Mary Eleanor Brackenridge
Born	(1837-03-07)March 7, 1837 Warrick County, Indiana, US
Died	February 14, 1924(1924-02-14) (aged 86) San Antonio, Texas, US
Resting place	Brackenridge Family Cemetery Jackson County, Texas 28°56′55″N 96°32′24″W / 28.94860°N 96.54000°W / 28.94860; -96.54000 (George Washington Brackenridge grave)
Alma mater	Anderson Female Seminary
Known for	Founded Woman's Club of San Antonio Women's Suffrage Founder and 1st Regent, San Antonio de Bexar Chapter, NSDAR TWU

Mary Eleanor Brackenridge (March 7, 1837 – February 14, 1924) was one of three women on the first board of regents at Texas Woman's University, the first women in the state of Texas to sit on a governing board of any university. She was active in women's clubs and was a co-founder of the Woman's Club of San Antonio. Brackenridge was a leader in Texas suffrage organizations and helped get the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed. She was the first woman in San Antonio to register to vote. Although it's the Brackenridge name in Texas that is associated with wealth, philanthropy and achievement, Brackenridge qualified as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her mother's lineage. Miss Brackenridge was a founding member and the first Regent of the oldest DAR chapter in San Antonio, the San Antonio de Bexar Chapter,^[1] established on December 11, 1902.