Mary Evalin Warren

Mary Evalin Warren (, West; March 14, 1829 – October 16, 1904) was an American author, lecturer, and social reformer, but was equally prominent as a church member and representative and officer in societies. Warren, for many years prominent in temperance reform, was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) from its first organization and she had a field of her own for propagating the work at Wayland University, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where she furnished money to erect a dormitory for girls called the "Warren Cottage.” She joined the Good Templars' order in 1878 and filled all the subordinate lodge offices to which women usually aspired, and as grand-vice-templar, she lectured to large audiences in nearly all parts of Wisconsin. For 35 years, she resided near Fox Lake, Wisconsin where she was prominently identified with various charitable and literary associations.

Early life and education Mary Evalin West was born in Galway, New York, March 14, 1829. When eight years of age, her mother died and Warren was "bound out" for ten years to a farmer in the neighborhood. This afforded meager educational facilities in early life. having been seriously ill for several weeks with breast cancer.

Selected works Our Laurels Little Jakie, the Boot-Black Compensation