Mary T. Wales
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Mary Tiffany Wales (1874–1952) was a college-educated teacher and co-founder of Johnson & Wales Business School in Providence, Rhode Island.
Mary Tiffany Wales was born in 1874 in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] She attended Pennsylvania State Normal School (now Millersville University of Pennsylvania) in Millersville, Pennsylvania, graduating 1893.[2] She spent five years teaching in Pennsylvania, then moved to Massachusetts where she taught for twelve years.[2] In 1911 Mary moved to Providence to teach at the Rhode Island Commercial School (now Bryant University).[1]
