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About Mary Harriman Rumsey
Mary Harriman Rumsey was an American social activist, government official and heiress of the wealthy Harriman family. She was the founder of The Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements, later known as the Junior League of the City of New York of the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc, and served as Chair of the Consumer Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration. Mary was the daughter of railroad magnate E. H. Harriman and sister to W. Averell Harriman, former New York State Governor and United States Diplomat. In 2015 she was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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- activist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 17, 1881
- Died
- December 18, 1934