Mary Helen Peck Crane

Mary Helen Peck Crane
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Mary Helen Peck April 10, 1827 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 7, 1891(1891-12-07) (aged 64) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Church and temperance worker; writer
Language	English
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wyoming Seminary Rutgers Female Institute
Literary movement	temperance
Spouse	Jonathan Townley Crane ​ ​ (m. 1848; died 1880)​
Children	14, including Stephen Crane, William Howe Crane
Parents	George Peck
Relatives	Jesse Truesdell Peck (uncle)

Mary Helen Peck Crane (née, Peck; April 10, 1827 – December 7, 1891) was a 19th-century American church and temperance activist, as well as a writer. She was the mother of the writer, Stephen Crane. She died in 1891.