Mary Dyckman
American activist
Mary Lang Dyckman (1886–1982) was an advocate for labor protections in the policies and laws of New Jersey. Dyckman served as president of the Consumers League of NJ (CLNJ) from 1944 to 1956 and chaired their Child Labor Committee. CLNJ later named their distinguished service award the Mary L. Dyckman Award in recognition of her achievements.
Early life and education
Dyckman was born to Louise (Heroy) Dyckmam and Francis Henry Dyckman, a banker and miller, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota on August 19, 1886. She was a sister of Heroy Dyckman, Francis Dyckman, and business executive Richard P. Dyckman. Richard Dyckman served as the mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey and as a vice president of L.A. Dreyfus Company, now a subsidiary of the Wrigley Company. Dyckman was also a descent of Dutch farmer William Dyckman, the namesake of Dyckman Street in Manhattan; William Dyckman built the Dyckman House (now the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum), the oldest farmhouse in Manhattan. At the age of four, Dyckman moved with her family to Orange, New Jersey. Her father, Francis, grew up in Orange as the son of William Henry Dyckman and Eliza Mackenzie Dyckman. He founded the State Bank in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, after moving out West.
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