Mary Ann Greene

Mary Ann Greene (June 14, 1857 – 1936) was a 19th-century American lawyer, writer, and lecturer from Rhode Island.

[2] Greene's principal literary works were articles on legal subjects, for magazines and papers, such as The Chautauquan and the American Law Review.

After practicing 18 months in Boston, she returned to Rhode Island in 1890, residing in Providence, where she was engaged in writing and lecturing on legal topics.

[5] In 1892, at the request of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition, Greene compiled a pamphlet entitled "Legal Status of Women under the Laws of Rhode Island, 1892."

[5] Greene assisted in preparing the fifth edition of James Schouler's Domestic Relations, the standard authority in the courts upon that branch of law.

Greene's address at the World's Congress of Jurisprudence upon "Married Woman's Property Acts in the United States, and Needed Reforms therein," was published in the Chicago Legal News of August 12; 1893.

The Chicago Legal News of November 8, 1902, said of it:— "This book is the result of years of experience of Greene, a member of the Boston bar, as lecturer upon the subject of which it treats.

Every woman who can read the English language, and wishes to know her legal rights, should have this manual of Miss Greene's for a companion.

"[5] Among Greene's literary accomplishments were a translation from the French of Dr. Louis Frank's essay, "The Woman Lawyer".

At the 40th anniversary of the first woman's rights convention, celebrated in Boston in January, 1891, Greene was invited to speak for "Women in Law" as the representative of that profession.

This is said to be the first time in history that State funds were placed in the control of a commission composed exclusively of women, by a direct grant to them from the Legislature itself.

The meeting, presided over by Lucy Stone, was held in Tremont Temple, January 27, 1891, and Greene spoke on "Women in the Law".