Mary Virginia Beck (Ukrainian: ??????? ?????????? ???, Rusyn: ??????? ???, 29 February 1908 - 30 January 2005) was a Detroit Democratic Party politician, female activist and journalist from Pennsylvania, most notable for being Detroit's first female city council woman.
She was also the first Ukrainian-American of Lemko descent to serve in that capacity.
In 1957 she was also elected as the president of the city council.
As a member of the council, Mary served for two decades from 1950 to 1970.
In 1958-62 she also served as an acting mayor of Detroit city.
During that period the Michigan scandalous politician Louis Miriani was the Mayor of Detroit (1957-1962).