HOLMES, Mrs. Mary Emma
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Mary Emma Smith Holmes was born on a farm near Peoria, Illinois on August 3, 1839.
A dedicated reformer, she was a member of the Equal Suffrage Association, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association. In addition, Mary Emma was a leader of the Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
On May 18, 1937, just a week after she received the title of "mother" of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs because she was the oldest living member, Mary Emma passed away at age ninety-seven. She was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
A dedicated reformer, she was a member of the Equal Suffrage Association, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association. In addition, Mary Emma was a leader of the Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
On May 18, 1937, just a week after she received the title of "mother" of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs because she was the oldest living member, Mary Emma passed away at age ninety-seven. She was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
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“HOLMES, Mrs. Mary Emma,” A Woman of the Century: A Crowdsourcing Project of the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Centuries, accessed April 28, 2024, https://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/201.