page_title: Mary Foot Seymour
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Foot Seymour
context_page_description: Mary Foot Seymour was an American businesswoman and journalist. In 1879, in New York City, she started the first women's secretarial school. She also published a magazine devoted to the interest of women.
  Seymour served as president of the Union Stenographic and Typewriting Association, commissioner of the United States Court of Claims, commissioner of deeds of New Jersey, and notary public of New York County, New York. She served three different terms in as many offices, and handled a large proportion of the writing done for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Though she preferred journalistic work, she carried on her stenographic establishment as it paid better than correspondence or reporting. She was a member of the Woman's Press Club of New York City and Sorosis.
context_section_description: Mary Foot Seymour (1846 – March 21, 1893) was an American businesswoman and journalist. In 1879, in New York City, she started the first women's secretarial school. She also published a magazine devoted to the interest of women.
  Seymour served as president of the Union Stenographic and Typewriting Association, commissioner of the United States Court of Claims, commissioner of deeds of New Jersey, and notary public of New York County, New York. She served three different terms in as many offices, and handled a large proportion of the writing done for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Though she preferred journalistic work, she carried on her stenographic establishment as it paid better than correspondence or reporting. She was a member of the Woman's Press Club of New York City and Sorosis.
caption: "A woman of the century"
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