Mary Ellen Brighty (b. c. 1874) of St Helen's, Lancashire was accepted as a Church Missionary Society missionary in 1899 at the age of 25. She departed for the Persia Mission in 1899 after training at The Olives and was stationed at Yezd. She appears to have served with the Persia Mission from 1899 until 1937.
Reference: Register of missionaries (clerical, lay & female) and native clergy from 1804 to 1904 (Church Missionary Society, 1905).
From the guide to the Papers and photographs of Miss Mary Ellen Brighty, 1894-c1957, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)