Mary Ingraham

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Mary Ingraham
Mary Ingraham stamp.jpg
Bahamas postage stamp, ‹See RfD›
issued October 10, 2012
Born
Mary Naomi Mason

(1901-06-30)June 30, 1901
Nassau, Bahamas
DiedMarch 26, 1982(1982-03-26) (aged 80)
Nassau, Bahamas
NationalityThe Bahamas
OccupationSuffragist
Spouse(s)Rufus Harcourt Ingraham

Mary "May" Ingraham (30 July or June 1901 – 26 March 1982) was a Bahamian suffragist who, among other things, was the founding president of the Bahamas Women's Suffrage Movement.[1]

Suffragist[]

Along with Georgianna Symonette, Eugenia Lockhart and Mabel Walker, Ingraham founded the Women's Suffrage Movement.[1][2]

In 1962, women gained the right to vote and serve in elected office in the legislature. By 1967 black women had organized themselves into a strong voting block that contributed to the Progressive Liberal Party's win and eventually Majority rule.[1]

Recognition[]

Mary Ingraham Intergenerational Care Centre – in Nassau at St. Vincent Road and Faith Avenue – is named for Ingraham. The centre is under the purview of the Department of Social Services and Community Development within the Bahamas Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development and is operated by the South Bahamas Conference of the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

The Bahamas Post Office, on October 10, 2012, issued commemorative panes – six different postage stamps per pane, titled 50th Anniversary of Women Suffrage (two rows, clockwise, from the top left):

  1. Mary Ingraham – 15¢
  2. Georgianna Symonette (1902–1965) – 25¢
  3. Mabel Walker (1902–1987) – 50¢
  4. Eugenia Lockhart (1908–  ??) – 65¢
  5. Dame Alberta Isaacs – 70¢
  6. Dame Doris Johnson (1921–1983) – 80¢
... each of the six stamps bearing the portrait of notable women who influenced women's suffrage in The Bahamas.[3]

Affiliations[]

In the past Ingraham was a Daughter Ruler of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World and a Matron of the Order of Eastern Stars.[1]

Family[]

Mary Ingraham was born in the St. Agnes Chapelry District, Nassau, Bahamas, to Ellis Hartman Mason (aka Ellis Henry Mason; 1872–1937) and Alice Leanora Bartlett (maiden; died 1942). On December 30, 1919, she married Rufus Harcourt Ingraham[1] (1900–1967) in Grant's Town, one of the Over-the-Hill suburbs south of Nassau. St. Agnes Church (Anglican), still in existence, has endured for one hundred and seventy-six years. Three of Ingraham's brothers were musicians in the United States:

  1. Norman Mason (1895–1971), a Dixieland clarinetist, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader;
  2. Oliver Welock Mason (born abt. 1900; d. 1961), a trumpeter who, in the 1930s and 1940s, performed with the orchestra for the traveling minstrel show, Silas Green from New Orleans.[4][5][6]
  3. Henry Morris Mason (born 1906; DOD not known), a trumpeter who, among other things, recorded as a sideman for Fannie Goosby (1928 – Brunswick 7029), Cleo Gibson (1929 – Okeh 8700), Blanche Calloway (1931 – Victor 22866; 1934 – Banner 33304 & 33224), Leon Abbey (1938 – Sonora Swd 3411 & 3799), Willie Lewis (1941 – Elite Special 4067, 4068, 4069, 4070, 4071), Eddie Brunner (1941 – Elite Special), and Gene Sedric (mid 1940s – Collectors Items 017).[7]

Bibliography[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hinsey.
  2. ^ Williams-Pulfer, p. 1483.
  3. ^ Tribune, The, October 9, 2012.
  4. ^ 1940 US Census.
  5. ^ Pittsburgh-Courier, December 28, 1940.
  6. ^ Abbott & Seroff.
  7. ^ Lord, Tom (ed.).

References[]

  • Abbott, Lynn (born 1946); Seroff, Doug (2007). Ragged but Right : Black Traveling Shows, 'Coon Songs', and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz. American Made Music Series (in American English) (1st ed.). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. 382. Retrieved January 22, 2021 – via Google Books. OCLC 793384482. LCCN 2006-15009. ISBN 978-1-6170-3645-3, 1-6170-3645-5, 978-1-6047-3148-4; and ISBN 1-6047-3148-6
  • "Charles Collier and the Silas Green Company ...". Pittsburgh Courier (newspaper advertisement) (in American English). Vol. Vol. 31, no. 52. December 28, 1940. p. 22. Retrieved January 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Hinsey, Shananda M. "Women Suffrage: Suffrage Women". LibGuides (Libraries' Research Guides). Nassau: University of the Bahamas. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  • "Honouring the Heroes of Suffrage". The Tribune (newspaper). Nassau, Bahamas. October 9, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  • Lord, Tom (ed.). "Henry Mason". Jazz Discography, The (online ed.). Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada: Lord Music Reference Inc. OCLC 690104143.  Retrieved January 22, 2021 (subscription required; accessible at many libraries)
  • 1940 United States Census (May 20, 1940). "Mason, Oliver W.". Age: abt. 40 → place of birth: Bahamas → residence: Georgia → Chatham County → Savannah, Tract 7 → 25–8 Militia Districts 13–17 → Enumeration district 25-8 → sheet 24-B → household ID 11 → online image-page no. 48 (of 56) → line 69. (in American English). Records of the U.S. Census Bureau, record group 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via FamilySearch. NARA publication no. T627; digital folder no. 5460974; microfilm image no. 310.</ref>
  • Williams-Pulfer, Kim (June 2016). "When Bain Town Woman Catch a Fire, Even the Devil Run". Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Springer Science+Business Media. 27 (3): 1472–1493. doi:10.1007/s11266-015-9630-y. ISSN 1573-7888. JSTOR 43923239.  OCLC 1186439078 (all editions) (Note: William-Pulfer, in 2018, completed her PhD at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis).
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