Mary E. Green

Mary E. Green (1841–1910) was an American physician, the first woman admitted to membership in the New York Medical Association. Green served as President of the American Household Economic Association.

Early life and education Mary Elizabeth Green was born in Machias, New York, August 6, 1844. Both her parents, Allen Green and Emeline (Wicks) Green, were of New England ancestry. They moved to Michigan when she was very young, and with limited means, they were obliged to endure the challenges of a pioneer life. As there were no brothers in the family, Mary worked both indoors and outdoors, preferring outdoors work, until, the house being built and a few acres about it cleared, she was allowed to think about education. Green served as the third President of the American Household Economic Association, which had been founded in 1893. By this time, the organization had become generally recognized through the efforts of State vice-presidents who in turn presented the subject and supplied literature to the clubs and educational institutions of their representative states. During Green's presidency, Household Economics was given a place on the program of the conventions of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and also at many of the meetings of the State Federations. Green was called upon to speak at these meetings as also were many other workers in the field. The subject met with a positive reception at the Denver Biennial of the General Federation, and the women throughout the West were ready to enlist in this enterprise.

She had charge of the diet kitchens established by the Red Cross for sick soldiers in the south during the Spanish–American War (1898).

Mary E. Green died in Seattle, February 9, 1910. "Milk, Butter and Cheese From the Standpoint of Health and Economy", Annual Report of the Michigan Dairymen's Association, Volume 13, 1897 "Household Economics", The Chautauquan, Volume 26, 1898 "Housekeeping in the Army. Glimpses of Life at Fort Thomas.", The American Kitchen Magazine, Volume 12, February 1900