IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
MARY ANKENY HUNTER (1870-?)
Autobiographical sketch, 1940
1 item (3 pages)
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The item (donor no. 35) was donated by Louise Noun in 1999. |
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The item is open for research. |
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Copyright has not been transferred to The University of Iowa. |
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Lisa Mott, 2002. [HunterMaryAnkeny.doc] |
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Biography
Mary Ankeny was born on January 1, 1870 to Sarah Irvine Ankeny and Rollin Valentine Ankeny. The youngest of five children, Ankeny’s mother died when she was nine years old. In 1892, Ankeny married Fred Heaton Hunter, son of pioneer suffragists Eliza Heaton Hunter and Dr. Andrew Oliver Hunter. Upon her marriage, Hunter joined the Polk County Woman Suffrage Society, later the Political Equality Club, and remained a member until the organization disbanded in 1919. Hunter was also a member of the Des Moines Women’s Club, the Des Moines Federation of Women’s Clubs, the PEO, the Iowa League of Women Voters, the Votes for Women League and the Polk County League of Women Voters. Beginning in 1922, Hunter served as secretary of the Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission for six years, followed by a year as vice president, and then six years as president. In addition to working for the enfranchisement of women for many years, Hunter was a prohibitionist, worked for the Red Cross during World War I, and was an activist for world peace.
Scope and Content Note
The Mary Ankeny Hunter autobiographical sketch dates from 1940 and is three pages in length. In it, Hunter describes her life and activities up to1940. The paper was originally written to be included in the memorial cabinet donated to the State of Iowa by the Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission in 1937.
Related Collections
Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission records
SCVF Description
Folder 1 “Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission” by Mary Ankeny Hunter