Standing: Mary Comfort Leonard; Sitting: Eva Webb Dodd and Anna Boyd Ellington, circa 1875.
Born
Mary Eleanor Comfort
(1856-01-22)January 22, 1856
Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
August 4, 1940(1940-08-04) (aged 84)
Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation
Teacher
Known for
Co-founding the Delta Gamma Fraternity
Mary Eleanor Comfort Leonard (January 22, 1856 – August 4, 1940) was an American educator and one of the three founders of the Delta Gamma women's fraternity.[1][2]
^"Prominent Woman Dies in Kosciusko Home Yesterday". Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. 1940-08-05. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
^Stevenson, Frances Lewis (Winter 1955). "The Beginning". The Anchora of Delta Gamma. 72 (2): 3 and 92 – via via Google Books.
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