Kathleen Moore Mallory
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Kathleen Moore Mallory | |
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 Mallory, from the 1903 yearbook of Goucher College | |
| Born | January 24, 1879 Summerfield, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 1954 (aged 75) Selma, Alabama, U.S. |
| Occupations | Church worker, writer, clubwoman |
| Known for | Director of the Woman's Missionary Union (1912–1948) |
Kathleen Moore Mallory (January 24, 1879 – July 17, 1954) was an American writer, churchworker, and clubwoman. From 1912 to 1948, she was head of the Woman's Missionary Union (WMU), a Southern Baptist women's ministry.
Mallory was born in Summerfield, Alabama,[1] the daughter of Hugh Shepard Darby Mallory and Jacqueline Louisa (Lula) Moore Mallory.[2] H.S.D. Mallory was a lawyer, bank president, railroad executive[3] and the mayor of Selma, a candidate for governor of Alabama in 1910, and a vocal suffragist and prohibitionist.[4][5] She graduated from Goucher College (then known as the Women's College of Baltimore) in 1902.[6][7]
Career
Mallory was a teacher and church worker in Alabama after college.[8] She was executive secretary and executive director of the Woman's Missionary Union from 1912 to 1948.[9][10] She moved WMU's headquarters from Baltimore to Birmingham in 1921.[4] she traveled to Japan and China in 1923 and 1924,[11] and to South America in 1930,[1] to visit Baptist missionaries and witness the local conditions of their work first-hand. She edited WMU's magazine, Royal Service,[12] the handbook for local chapters, and the union's annual yearbook.[13] She retired from the executive director position in 1948, and was succeeded by Alma Hunt.[14][15]
Mallory was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution[16] and Pi Beta Phi sorority.[17]
