American educator and activist Mary Woolley was BOTD in 1863. Born in South Norwalk, Connecticut to a prominent clerical family, she was raised in Meriden, Connecticut and Pawtucket, Rhode Island. A gifted student, she attended the Wheaton Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, staying on to become a teacher, and made plans to attend Oxford University. In 1890, she became the first woman to attend Brown University. After graduating with a masters degree in 1895, she became a lecturer in literature and Biblical history at Wellesley College, becoming a full professor in 1899. At Wellesley, she formed a relationship with fellow teacher Jeannette Marks, who became her life partner. In 1908, Woolley became the president of Mount Holyoke College, arranging a position for Marks as a lecturer in the English department During her 36 year tenure, Woolley advocated for women’s education, raising funds and establishing scholarships to support female students, and abolished requirements for women at Wellesley to undertake domestic work. A prominent pacifist, she served as the vice president of the American Civil Liberties Union and advocated for the United States to join the League of Nations. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover appointed her as a delegate to the 1932 Conference on Reduction and Limitation of Armaments in Geneva. She was also an early supporter of the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. She retired from Mount Holyoke in 1937 (replaced, controversially, by a man) and lived with Marks until her death in 1947, aged 84.