Mary Blatchley Briggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American writer, women's organizer
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1846
Place of Birth: Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1910
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Mary Blatchley Briggs
- Mary Blatchley Briggs (January 1, 1846 – November 1910) was an American writer and women's organizer.
- She served for eleven years as assistant secretary, superintendent, and reporter for the press, and manager of county, state and inter-state fairs.
- In addition to publishing a volume of poems, she served as secretary of the Western Art Association of Omaha, Nebraska, retiring in January 1, 1891.Briggs was active in organizing woman's work, and also a writer of descriptive matter of the expositions and like areas in which she was interested.
- Her best known exposition work was for the world's fair at Chicago, where she was one of the two Nebraskans on the board of lady managers and did much toward organizing the Nebraska women for their work for the state and children's building.
- She managed getting up the representation for her state at New Orleans.
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