Mary Elizabeth Eato (also Eaton; September 23, 1844 – February 8, 1915) was an African-American suffragist and teacher.
Mary Eato | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Elizabeth Eato[1] September 23, 1844 New York City, New York, U.S |
| Died | February 8, 1915 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mary E. Eaton |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, suffragist |
Life
editEato was born in New York City on September 23, 1844,[2] the daughter of Timothy and Sarah Jane Eato.
At the age of 16, Eato began teaching for the "Colored Schools".[3] She received a diploma in teaching from a New York normal school in July 1861, when she was the only colored student graduating at the commencement ceremony.[4] She later went on to teach at Grammar Schools.[3] Among the schools she taught at were Grammar School No. 3, 41st Street,[3][5] under the principal Charles Lewis Reason,[5] and Grammar School No. 80,[3][6] on 42nd Street.
In 1891, she was awarded the degree of Master of Pedagogy from the University of the City of New York. She taught for 44 years, retiring in 1904.[7] Among her students were some who themselves became teachers, such as Frances Reynolds Keyser,[5] and Dr. Adena C. E. Minott,[6] founder of a school of mental sciences in Chicago.[8]
During her teaching career, she met Sarah Garnet, the first black woman principal in New York City. While Garnet founded the Colored Women's Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn, Eato held a membership there for many years. Eato then became the league's vice president in 1908.[citation needed]
She died on February 8, 1915, at the age of 70.[where?][3][7]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Profile, womenandthevotenys.com. Accessed February 23, 2024.
- ^ "From the City University. Fifty-Ninth Commencement Exercises". New-York Tribune. June 12, 1891. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Goodier, Susan. "Biography of Mary E. Eato, 1844-1915". Biographical Database of Black Women Suffragists. Alexander Street. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Commencement of the Normal Schools". The New York Times. July 20, 1861. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c Bethune, Mary McLeod (29 November 1924). "A Tribute To Frances Reynold Keyser. Club Woman, Writer, Teacher". The New York Age. New York, New York. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ a b Minott, Adena C. E. (December 18, 1926). "Tribute to the New York Age on Attaining its Fortieth Anniversary". The New York Age. New York, New York. p. 5. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "Deaths. Eato". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. February 10, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ^ "Adena Clotilda Eugenie Minott". The Minott Family. Retrieved 10 August 2019.