Mary Virginia Proctor

Mary Virginia Proctor
"A Woman of the Century"
Born
Mary Virginia Swindler

May 1854
Rappahannock County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJuly 3, 1927(1927-07-03) (aged 73)
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.
Other namesMary Virginia Wilson
Alma materXenia Female College
Occupations
  • journalist
  • activist
  • philanthropist
Spouse
  • Thomas Meigher Proctor
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    (m. 1879; died 1891)​
    Dillon Brook Wilson
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    (m. 1896; died 1918)​
ChildrenMerrill Anne Proctor

Mary Virginia Proctor (née, Swindler; after first marriage, Proctor; after second marriage, Wilson; May 1854 – July 3, 1927) was an American journalist, philanthropist,[1] and social activist. For more than 30 years, she was owner and editor of an influential democratic newspaper. Meanwhile, she was active in Ohio state politics and for many years, served on important state boards. For several years, she held the position of president of the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association.[2]

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "PROCTOR, Mrs. Mary Virginia". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 589–90. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DailyPress1927 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).