Background
Terrell, Mary Church was born on September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Robert Reed and Louisa (Ayres) Church.
Terrell, Mary Church was born on September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Robert Reed and Louisa (Ayres) Church.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1884, A.M., 1888. Student France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, 1888-1890. Doctor of Letters, Wilberforce U. (Ohio), 1946.
D. Half-Life (honorary), Oberlin College (Ohio), 1948, Howard U., 1948.
Church. Teacher, Wilberforce (O.) U., 1885-1887, High School for Colored Youth, Washington, District of Columbia, 1887-1888, 1890-1891.
Member Board Education, Washington, 1895-1901, 1906-1911 (first colored woman to serve on board). Served as supervisor of work among colored women for War Camp Community Service after World War, traveling throughout country to find women to supervise this work, Delaware to Congress of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1919. Member Bethel Literary and History Society (1st woman president).
Married Robert Heberton Terrell, October 28, 1891.