Mary Mendenhall Hobbs

Mary Mendenhall Hobbs
Born
Mary Mendenhall

(1852-08-30)August 30, 1852
Guilford County, North Carolina
DiedJuly 20, 1930(1930-07-20) (aged 77)
Guilford County, North Carolina
OccupationEducator
Spouse
Lewis Lyndon Hobbs
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(m. 1880)​
FatherNereus Mendenhall

Mary Mendenhall Hobbs (August 30, 1852 – July 20, 1930), was an American Quaker advocate for women's education, temperance, and suffrage, based in North Carolina. Her campaigning to improve women's education supported the founding of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1891.

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