Mary Eugenia Benson Jobson

Mary Eugenia Benson Jobson (May 5, 1872 – January 10, 1962) was an American suffragist and activist.

Biography Mary was born Mary Benson in Columbus, Georgia on May 5, 1872. The daughter of a rail yard master, much of Mary's early life history is not recorded. By 1889, she had moved to Richmond, Virginia and married Frank Lee Jobson, taking his last name.

In 1909, Mary joined the newly formed Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, an organization dedicated to raising support for women's suffrage. As part of her support for the organization, Jobson ran a booth at the state fair, distributed publications, and worked to establish the league in Virginia communities outside of Richmond. In addition, she canvassed members of the state assembly for support and gave speeches on the importance of the women's suffrage movement. She and other league members also polled people on if they supported suffrage, working to ensure that as many suffrage supporters were registered to vote as possible. During the 1910s, she also worked with suffrage movements in North Carolina and New York. She was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery.