Mary Birdsall [SEP] date of birth
Mary Birdsall
Mary B. Thistlethwaite Birdsall (1828–1894) was born in Pennsylvania to English immigrants. She grew up on a farm near Richmond, Indiana, where she married Thomas Birdsall in 1848. They had three sons together. She was a journalist, a suffragist, and a temperance worker. She began her journalism career as the woman's editor at the "Indiana Farmer" newspaper. For about five years she owned "The Lily", a newspaper for women, which she purchased from suffragist Amelia Bloomer in 1854.
women. She was a supporter of Bloomer's views and the newspaper provided a vehicle for her to continue her journalism. The newspaper continued to campaign for women's issues and temperance. Under Birdsall, the paper was published in Richmond, Indiana, for some years and was distributed nationally. Dr. Mary F. Thomas helped Birdsall edit and publish the paper. Sources differ on when last issue was published -- sources vary from 1856–1870 as the last date the paper was published.