Parton, Mary Field
Variant namesSocial worker and journalist who met Chicago labor and criminal defense lawyer Clarence Darrow at a 1908 rally for a Russian revolutionist. The two immediately became friends and remained so until Darrow's death in 1938.
Born in Kentucky in 1878, Mary Field graduated from the University of Michigan and worked in several Chicago settlement houses. By 1912 she was celebrated as a tough-minded reporter for articles she wrote for periodical Organized Labor. She married San Francisco newspaperman Lemuel Parton in 1913, and they had one daughter, Margaret.
From the description of Mary Field Parton - Clarence Darrow papers, 1909-1975. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 53388276
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| creatorOf | Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944. Papers of C. E. S. Wood (Addenda), 1897-1970 (bulk 1912-1940). | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| referencedIn | Parton, Margaret, 1915-1981. Margaret Parton papers, 1885-1981. | University of Oregon Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Parton, Mary Field. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1910-1931, n.d. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Parton, Mary Field. Mary Field Parton - Clarence Darrow papers, 1909-1975. | Newberry Library |
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| correspondedWith | Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 | person |
| associatedWith | Field, Sara Bard, 1882-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Parton, Margaret, 1915-1981. | person |
| associatedWith | Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944. | person |
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