Mary T. Jeffries
American temperance advocate and newspaper editor (1866–1930)
Mary T. Jeffries (1863–1930) was an American temperance advocate and Prohibitionist. For 12 years, she served as President of the Alabama Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). From 1927 to 1928, she was an appointive member of the Alabama State Board of Education under Governor, Bibb Graves.
Biography
Mary (nickname, "Mamie") Thomas was born at Clinton, Alabama, December 22, 1863. Her parents were George Lane Thomas (b. 1831) and Mary C. (McMillian) Thomas (1838–1866).
She was educated in the public schools of Birmingham.
In 1884, she married Walter Henry Jeffries (b. 1862), of Canton, Mississippi, and removed to Birmingham, where her husband was connected with the Birmingham Age Herald.
Jeffries joined the WCTU in 1887, and since that time has been an active worker in Alabama, serving in many official positions in the local and State organizations.
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