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(Encyclopedia) Martin, Mary, 1913–90, American musical comedy star, b. Weatherford, Tex. From Martin's first stage appearance in Leave It to Me (1938), she starred in several enormously successful musicals, includ...

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Mary, 1872–1964, American labor expert, chief (1919–44) of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor, b. Sweden. She emigrated to the United States in 1888. After some years as an industri...

(Encyclopedia) Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Simkhovitch, Mary Kingsbury sĭmkōˈvĭch [key], 1867–1951, American social worker, b. Chestnut Hill, Mass., grad. Boston Univ., 1890. After further study at Radcliffe, Columbia, and the Univ. of B...

(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary Roberts rīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her many mystery stories, The Circu...

(Encyclopedia) Queen Mary Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Mary's Island: see Banjul, Gambia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Murfree, Mary Noailles: see Craddock, Charles Egbert. ...

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Mary Philipse: see under Morris, Roger. ...

(Encyclopedia) Evans, Mary Ann or Marian: see Eliot, George. ...