Mary F. Barry

Dr. Mary F. Barry (1859 – December 1919) was a physician and state legislator in Colorado.

In 1887 she received her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago.

[2] After medical school, she moved to Pueblo, Colorado where she practiced and served as secretary of the Pueblo County Medical Society.

[3] Running on the Teller Silver Republican ticket, she was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives becoming one the first woman lawmakers in the country.

[7] In 1901 she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii[8] and was appointed health examiner for schools in 1902.