ate Woman Suffrage Association
at the time of her death, 1871.

MARY F. THOMAS.

Mary F. Thomas, M.D., was born October 28. 1816, in Montgomery
County, Maryland. Her parents, Samuel and Mary Myers, were
members of the Society of Friends, and resided in their early
days in Berks and Chester Counties, in Pennsylvania. Her father
was the associate of Benjamin Lundy, in organizing and attending
the first anti-slavery meeting held in Washington, at the risk of
their lives.

Desiring to place his family beyond the evil influences of
slavery, he moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. He purchased a farm
there; his daughters assisted him in his outdoor labors in the
summer, and studied under his instructions in the winter. While
in Washington he frequently took his daughters to the capitol to
listen to the debates, which gave them interest in political
questions. Mary was early roused to the consideration of woman's
wrongs by the unequal wages paid to teachers of her own sex. In
1845 she was much moved in listening to the preaching of Lucretia
Mott at a yearly meeting in Salem, Ohio, and resolved that her
best efforts should be given to secure justice for woman.

In 1839 she was married to Dr. Owen Thomas. She has three
daughters, all well educated, self-reliant women. Her youngest
daughter, a graduate of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
took the Greek prize in the intercollegiate contest in 1874. As
Mrs. Thomas' husband was a physician, she studied medicine with
him, and graduated at the Penn Medical College of Philadelphia in
1854. She was the first woman to take her place in the State
Medical Association as a regularly admitted delegate. She is a
member of the Wayne County Medical Association; has been
physician for "The Home for Friendless Women" in the city of
Richmond for nine years, and has filled the office of City
Physician by the appointment of the Commissioners for several
years.

Though deeply interested in the woman suffrage reform, owing to
her domestic cares and medical studies she could not attend any
public meetings until 1857; since that time she has been one of
the most responsible standard-bearers, and for several years
President of the State Association.

Mrs. Thomas was always a co