Keyser, Mary (1861-1897)

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Jane Addams's Own Story of Her Work: Fifteen Years at Hull House (First of Three Installments), March 1906

Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Early Undertakings at Hull-House, June 1910

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1861-01-09

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1897-01-09

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Geneseo, IL

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Mary Keyser was a family friend of Jane Addams. She studied at the Illinois Training School for Nurses, but was unable to continue with nursing as a profession. She was one of the three original Hull-House residents, known for visiting the sick and needy in the neighborhood. She also handled the Hull-House's domestic housework. Keyser was a Sunday school teacher and head of the Labor Bureau for Women.

Keyser died in 1897.