Mary A. Hitchcock Wakelin

Mary A. Hitchcock Wakelin (, Barnes; after first marriage, Hitchcock; after second marriage, Wakelin; April 28, 1834 – February 25, 1900) was a 19th-century American educator and temperance reformer. In 1874, she started the movement that resulted in the Nebraska state organization of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), serving as State President for six years. It had been common talk for some years that Wakelin did not get along with her second husband; in 1900, he murdered her before he committed suicide.

Early life and education Mary Antoinette Barnes was born in the town of Rodman, Jefferson county, New York, April 28, 1834.

Career At the age of 16, she began to teach. the couple had quarreled over the division of property, Wilson being very rich.