Women / Persons ~ P11472
Mary Coldwell Evans
Alternate Names:
- Mary Coldwell
- Mary Summers Coldwell
- Mary Fite
- Mrs. Fite
Gender: Female
Life Dates: b. 10 January 1815
Types:
- American (US)
- Model of faith, piety
- Philanthropist
- Suffragette
- Teacher
- widow
Note: plantation owner who turned her house into a hospital for Confederate soldiers ; suffragist along with her second husband, Dr. Evans; supposedly her philanthropic commitments extended to former slaves and donating books for a "colored library"