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Mary Elizabeth Wood
1861–1931American librarian and missionary in China
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The American librarian and missionary in China Mary Elizabeth Wood was born in 1861. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. 3 languages have an article about them. Across New York, 1,300 towns list someone born there.

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