Mary Vail Andress

Mary Vail Andress
A white woman wearing a hat, arms folded across her chest; she is wearing a high-collared white blouse with a dark jacket; there is a medal pinned to her jacket
Mary Vail Andress, from a 1924 publication
BornMarch 27, 1883
Sparta, New Jersey
DiedMay 15, 1964(1964-05-15) (aged 81)
New York
Occupation(s)Banker, war relief worker
Known forDistinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) (1919)

Mary Vail Andress (March 27, 1883[1] – May 15, 1964) was an American banker. She was "the first woman to become an officer of a major New York bank".[2] She also did relief work during both World War I and World War II, and was "the first woman war worker to receive the Distinguished Service Medal".[3]

  1. ^ Andress gave March 27, 1883 as her birthdate on her 1918 passport application. Other sources give other dates, ranging from 1877 to 1882; via Ancestry
  2. ^ "MARY V. ANDRESS, BANKER, 86, DIES; Chase National Officer Was Relief Worker in 2 Wars". The New York Times. 1964-05-17. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. ^ "First Woman to Get D. S. M." Arizona Republic. 1919-10-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-26 – via Newspapers.com.