Thursday, August 16, 2007

MARY: A NAME REMEMBERED

Thursday, August 16, 2007
Many women named Mary have influenced history for good or ill. Here’s a mix of fiction and nonfiction about Marys.

Biblical
Bauer, F. Daughter of Nazareth
PZ3.B3255 Dau
Brock, A. Mary Magdalene: The First
Apostle BS2485.B73 2003
Johnson, E. Dangerous Memories: A
Mosaic of Mary in Scripture
BT613.J65 2004
Pelikan, J. Mary Through the Centuries
BT610.P45 1996

Missionaries

Clarke, E. Mary E. Chynoweth:
Missionary to India BV3277.C48 C5
Missionary Martyrs [Mary Louisa Ranf
and Mary E. Carpenter] BV3700.M5
Muller, G. Mary Slessor BV3625.N6 S64


Founder of a church

Gill, G. Mary Baker Eddy BX6995.G59
1998


Historical


Donaldson, G. Mary Queen of Scots
DA787.A1 D59
Edwards, F. The Dangerous Queen [Mary
Queen of Scots] DA787.A1 E3
Loades, D. Mary Tudor DA347.L579
1989
Meyer, C. Mary, Blood Mary PZ7.M568
Mar 1999
Ridley, J. Bloody Mary’s Martyrs
DA347.R47 2001
Hamilton, E. William’s Mary DA462.A3
H35 [Mary II of England]
Zweig, S. Mary Queen of Scotland and
the Isles DA787.A1 Z92

American
Brown, N. Cyclone in Calico E621.B53
[Mary Ann Bickerdyke]
Randall, R. Mary Lincoln E457.25.R3

China
Hunter, E. The Story of Mary Liu
BV3427.L58 H8 1957

Adventurers

Brown, D. Uncommon Traveler: Mary
Kingsley in Africa DT476.23.K56876
2000

Artists

Mary Frank: Encounters N6537.F735 A4
2000
Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman:
N6537.C35 A4 1998

Characters in Fiction

Lea, F. The Four Marys PS3523.E113 F68

Macdonald, G. A Daughter’s Devotion
PR4967.M37 1988

Martin, V. Mary Reilly PS3563.A7296
M37 2001

Travers, P. Mary Poppins PZ7.T589 Mar9


Educators

Holt, H. Mary McLeod Bethune
E185.97.B34 H6



Nursing
Marshall, H. Mary Adelaide Nutting
RT37.N87 M37
Wells, R. Mary on Horseback
RT37.B72 W44 1998

Medicine

Wilson, D. Take my Hands [Mary
Verghese] R608.V4 W5


Writers
Bodenheimer, R. The Real Life of
Mary Ann Evans PR4681.B57
1994
Halsband,R. The Life of Mary Wortley
Montagu DA501.M7 H3
Tomalin, C. The Life and Death of
Mary Wollstonecraft PR5841.W8
Z84

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