About May M. Van Wye
Lived 1879 – 1968 (aged 88–89). May M. Van Wye was an American politician, writer and suffragist.
May Martin Van Wye (1878–1968) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. She was one of the first six women elected into the Ohio General Assembly in 1922. In 1962, she published her first novel, Eve's Tower, which is loosely based on her experiences as a female state senator.
Van Wye was born May Martin on December 31, 1878, in Brooklyn, New York to Lewis E. Martin and Ella M. Seaman. She married Benjamin C. Van Wye (1867–1940), who became professor of speech at the University of Cincinnati. She died August 26, 1968, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Who was May M. Van Wye?
American politician
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May M. Van Wye was born in 1879 in Brooklyn.
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May M. Van Wye died on 26 August 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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May M. Van Wye was a politician, writer and suffragist.
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