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==Biography==
Mary White Ovington was born April 11, 1865 in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Her grandmother attended the Connecticut congregation of [[Samuel Joseph May]]. Her parents, members of the [[American Unitarian Association|Unitarian Church]] were supporters of [[women's rights]] and had been involved in [[abolitionism in the United States|anti-slavery]] movement. Educated at [[Packer Collegiate Institute]] and [[Radcliffe College]], Ovington became involved in the campaign for civil rights in 1890 after hearing [[Frederick Douglass]] speak in a [[Brooklyn]] [[New York City]] church and a 1903 speech by [[Booker T. Washington]] at the Social Reform Club
In 1895 she helped found the Greenpoint Settlement in Brooklyn. Appointed head of the project the following year, Ovington remained until 1904 when she was appointed fellow of the Greenwich House Committee on Social Investigations. Over the next five years, she studied employment and housing problems in Black [[Manhattan]]. During her investigations, she met [[W.E.B. Du Bois]] and was introduced to the founding members of the [[Niagara Movement]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/mary-white-ovington-9430955|title=Mary White Ovington|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>
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