Mary Brown Wanamaker

Mary Brown Wanamaker Warburton (1869 – November 18, 1954) was an American social and political leader. She was the first woman to head the Pennsylvania Republican Committee.[1] She was a daughter of U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker and wife of publisher Barclay Harding Warburton I.[2]

Wanamaker, c. 1922

Wanamaker was noted for her civil rights activity and southern newspapers wrote scandalously about her when, in 1905, Booker T. Washington was invited to dine with her family at a hotel and he escorted her to the table, arm-in-arm.[3]

References

"Mrs. Warburton Presides; First Woman to Sit at Head of Pennsylvania Republican Committee". The New York Times. 1921-06-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
"' Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton Is Dead at 85; A Leader in Welfare Work and Politics". The New York Times. 1954-11-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
Burns, Rebecca (2006). Rage in the Gate City The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Emmis Books. p. 95. ISBN 9781578602681.

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[First-1] "Mrs. Warburton Presides; First Woman to Sit at Head of Pennsylvania Republican Committee". The New York Times. 1921-06-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

[obit-2] "' Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton Is Dead at 85; A Leader in Welfare Work and Politics". The New York Times. 1954-11-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

[Burns-3] Burns, Rebecca (2006). Rage in the Gate City The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. Emmis Books. p. 95. ISBN 9781578602681.