Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890-1979) was born into an extended Quaker family who lived for generations in Clarke and Loudon counties, Virginia. She moved beyond the Virginia Quaker community to a career in the women's movement, first as a campaigner for women's suffrage (1917-1920), then as an educator and political activist in Virginia (1920-1928) and finally as a research economist for the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor (1928-1956). She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1913, taught school briefly, and received an M.A. from the University of Virginia in 1923. During her retirement years, Pidgeon became active in the work of the Society of Friends.
From the description of Schlesinger Library Papers, 1906-1979. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 48861331
