Ingham, Mary Hall (1866–1937)

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Ingham, Mary Hall (1866–1937)

American reformer and suffragist. Born Nov 24, 1866, in Philadelphia, PA; died Jan 1, 1937, in Bryn Mawr, PA; dau. of William Armstrong Ingham and Catherine Keppele (Hall) Ingham; granddau. of Samuel Delucenna Ingham (secretary of treasury under Andrew Jackson).

Supported Philadelphia garment workers' strike (1910); served as reform-minded director of Bureau of Municipal Research of Philadelphia; worked in presidential campaign for Theodore Roosevelt as vice-chair of Women of the Washington Party (1912); formed Progressive League of Philadelphia, composed of many of Roosevelt's supporters; headed woman's department of investment firm William P. Bonbright & Co. (1915–19); co-founded Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia (1909); became PA state chair of Alice Paul's National Woman's Party (1917); 1 of 16 women arrested for picketing in front of White House, served 3 days before being pardoned by Woodrow Wilson (July 1917); helped win ratification of 19th Amendment in PA legislature (1919).

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