Martha Carey Thomas was an American Educationalist and Suffrage leader. She was President of Bryn College
from 1894 to 1922. With a particular interest in the education of girls, Thomas (with 4 friends) raised a substantial sum in aid of Johns Hopkins Medical School and used it as leverage to pursuade the University to accept women.
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