Mary Jackson McCrorey

Mary Jackson McCrorey (November 9, 1867 – January 13, 1944) was an American educator, mission worker, and leader in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).

[1] From 1896 to 1916, Mary Jackson was associate principal at Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in Augusta, Georgia, working closely with the school's founder Lucy Craft Laney.

[4] After her marriage, McCrorey was based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she worked in various capacities at Johnson C. Smith University.

She served as president of the Baptist Division of Missions for Colored People, and was active in bringing the first YWCAs for black women in the American South.

[11] Mary C. Jackson married Henry Lawrence McCrorey, a widower and the president of Johnson C. Smith University, in 1916.