Mary Ann McCracken

Mary Ann McCracken

Mary Ann McCracken (8 July 1770 – 26 July 1866) was a Belfast republican and social reformer.McCracken was born in Belfast on 8 July 1770. Her father was Captain John McCracken, a Ulster Scot Presbyterian and a prominent shipowner; her mother Ann Joy, came from a French Protestant Huguenot family, which made its money in the linen trade and founded the Belfast News Letter. Mary Ann's liberal and far-sighted parents sent her to David Manson's progressive co-educational school, where 'young ladies' received the same education as the boys; Mary Ann excelled at mathematics. Wikipedia

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