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'''Mary Leggett Cooke''' (
==Early life and education==
Mary Lydia Leggett was born in [[Cayuga County, New York]],{{efn|Records differ as to whether she was born in [[Sempronius, New York|Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York]] or [[Moravia, New York|Moravia, Cayuga County, New York]].<ref name="WillardLivermore1893" /><ref name="Leonard1914" />}} April 23, 1852. She was the daughter of Rev. William Leggett and Frelove Frost Leggett. From earliest childhood, she was a worshipper of the religion of nature.<ref name="WillardLivermore1893" />
She was educated in [[Monticello Seminary]], [[Godfrey, Illinois]],<ref name="WillardLivermore1893" /> and was the first woman graduate from [[Harvard Divinity School]].<ref name="Wayne2014">{{cite book |last1=Wayne |first1=Tiffany K. |title=Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism |date=14 May 2014 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0916-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hckauAdkix0C&pg=PA69 |access-date=25 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> She also completed special study and travel in Egypt, Greece, and Italy.<ref name="Leonard1914" />
==Career==
In 1887,
She built and dedicated a church in [[Beatrice, Nebraska]], of which she was minister until 1891, when she went to [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], and became minister of a seaboard parish {{convert|36|miles}} from that city. Her church in [[Green Harbor, Massachusetts]] was founded by the granddaughter of the statesman, [[Daniel Webster]], whose summer home was in that hamlet. Leggett's study contained the office-table on which Webster penned his speeches.<ref name="WillardLivermore1893" /> In that state, she also served at [[Dighton, Massachusetts|Dighton]]. Thereafter, she was at [[Fort Collins, Colorado]], [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire]], and [[Revere, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Leonard1914" />
Cooke was actively involved in [[Settlement movement#United States|social settlements]] and [[Women's suffrage in the United States|equal suffrage]].<ref name="Leonard1914" /> ▼
▲Cooke was
==Personal life==
Mary Leggett Cooke died in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], August 17, 1938.<ref name="DesMoinesTrib1938">{{cite news |title=Woman Minister, Once Iowan, Dies. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/des-moines-tribune-woman-minister-once/146033202/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=Des Moines Tribune |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=17 August 1938 |pages=16}}</ref>
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Born | Mary Lydia Leggett April 23, 1852 |
Died | August 17, 1938 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Denomination | Unitarian |
Alma mater | Harvard Divinity School |
Known for | Member of the Iowa Sisterhood |
Profession | Minister |
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Ordination | 1887 |
Profession | Minister |
Mary Leggett Cooke (1852–1938) was an American Unitarian minister.[1][2][3] She was a member of the Iowa Sisterhood,[4] a group of women ministers who organized eighteen Unitarian societies in several Midwestern states in the late 19th century and early 20th century.[5]
Early life and education
Mary Lydia Leggett was born in Cayuga County, New York,[a] April 23, 1852. She was the daughter of Rev. William Leggett and Frelove Frost Leggett. From earliest childhood, she was a worshipper of the religion of nature.[2]
She was educated in Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois,[2] and was the first woman graduate from Harvard Divinity School.[6] She also completed special study and travel in Egypt, Greece, and Italy.[3]
Career
In 1887, Cooke was formally ordained to the Unitarian ministry in Kansas City, Missouri, Rev. Charles Gordon Ames, of Philadelphia, preaching her ordination sermon.[2]
She built and dedicated a church in Beatrice, Nebraska, of which she was minister until 1891, when she went to Boston, Massachusetts, and became minister of a seaboard parish 36 miles (58 km) from that city. Her church in Green Harbor, Massachusetts was founded by the granddaughter of the statesman, Daniel Webster, whose summer home was in that hamlet. Leggett's study contained the office-table on which Webster penned his speeches.[2] In that state, she also served at Dighton. Thereafter, she was at Fort Collins, Colorado, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and Revere, Massachusetts.[3]
Cooke was also affiliated with the social settlements movement and women's suffrage.[3]
Personal life
On April 23, 1923, she married Rev. George Willis Cooke,[6] who died a week after their wedding, at her home in Revere, Massachusetts.[7]
Mary Leggett Cooke died in Brookline, Massachusetts, August 17, 1938.[8]
Notes
- ^ Records differ as to whether she was born in Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York or Moravia, Cayuga County, New York.[2][3]
References
- ^ UUDB Admin (28 October 2000). "Cooke, George Willis". Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "LEGGETT, Miss Mary Lydia". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 456. Retrieved 24 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d e Leonard, John W. (1914). "LEGGETT, Mary Lydia". Woman's Who's who of America. American Commonwealth Company. p. 485. Retrieved 25 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Remembering the Iowa Sisterhood". UUA.org. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
- ^ Hepokoski, Carol. "Women Ministers in the Prairie Star District". Bring, O Past, Your Honor. The Ministers Association of the Prairie Star District of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Wayne, Tiffany K. (14 May 2014). Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0916-9. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Hannan, Caryn (1 January 1998). Michigan Biographical Dictionary. State History Publications. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-878592-95-8. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Woman Minister, Once Iowan, Dies". Des Moines Tribune. 17 August 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 25 April 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Works related to Woman of the Century/Mary Lydia Leggett at Wikisource