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Mary Rozet Smith (December 23, 1868 – February 22, 1934) was a Chicago -born US philanthropist who was one of the trustees and benefactors of Hull House. She was the partner of activist Jane Addams for over thirty years.
Jun 29, 2022 · Jane Addams never married and never had children yet was in a long-term relationship with her life partner Mary Rozet Smith. Mary Rozet Smith was a volunteer Kindergarten teacher and the two met at Hull-House through their mutual friend, Hull-House co-founder Ellen Gates Starr.
Jul 1, 2019 · Mary Rozet Smith was well-loved by a long list of extraordinary, historically important women who came through the doors of Hull-House in Chicago. From 1889, when she first visited the settlement and met its young, then unknown founder Jane Addams, until 1934, when she died suddenly of pneumonia at the age of sixty-five, Smith was an unwavering ...
Jun 11, 2008 · A new documentary establishes Jane Addams and her close friend, Mary Rozet Smith, as gay icons. Does it go too far?
Addams had at least two long-term same-sex relationships—one of which, with Mary Rozet Smith, lasted 40 years. Addams and Smith traveled together, shared the same room and bed, and owned property together.
Mary Rozet Smith (1868–1934) was Addams’ life companion and romantic partner. They were together from the early days of Hull-House until the end of their lives. The two met at Hull-House when Smith, a former student of Ellen Gates Starr, volunteered to teach kindergarten.
Feb 6, 2007 · “Mary Rozet Smith was Jane Addams’s partner and one of the top financial supporters of Hull-House,” the most popular caption says. “They shared a deep emotional attachment and affection ...
