Mary Temple Bayard

Mary Temple Bayard (, Temple; after first marriage, Bayard, after second marriage, Jamison; pen name, Meg; July 23, 1853 – August 17, 1916) was an American writer and journalist. Her literary work was mostly written for magazines in the interest of women's social reform and philanthropic movements. Her reputation as a writer was made under the pen name of "Meg". and Nancy Ann Schroy (1836–1875). Mary had three siblings,

For some time during her adult life, Bayard's resided in Allegheny, Pennsylvania,

In the early 1890s, for 14 months, Bayard was in the hospital with her son, Temple, and wrote to earn the money that paid for his bed. Once, she finished important work while he was in the operating room. After he died, in 1893, she was left alone. She then overworked so continually that she was often ill. At the close of the Press Congress of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, May 1893, Bayard presented her paper on "Woman in Journalism".

On December 22, 1897, at Kings, New York, she married William Armstrong Jamison (1855–1928), a physician. After marriage, she removed to Latrobe, Pennsylvania,

In April 1899, Bayard was a delegate to the International League of Press Clubs' convention in Baltimore.

Bayard was a member of the Woman's National Press League,

She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In religion, she was a Cumberland Presbyterian. She was buried at the Unity Cemetery, Unity Township, Pennsylvania. "Woman in Journalism", 1894 "Going Out of Town. Timely Reflections for Next Season.", 1894