page_title: Mary Brooks Picken
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Brooks Picken
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of Mary Brooks Picken, circa 1918.
context_page_description: Mary Brooks Picken was an American author of 96 books on needlework, sewing, and textile arts. Her Fashion Dictionary, published by Funk and Wagnalls in 1957, is the first dictionary in the English language to be published by a woman.
context_section_description: Mary Brooks Picken (August 6, 1886 – March 8, 1981) was an American author of 96 books on needlework, sewing, and textile arts. Her Fashion Dictionary, published by Funk and Wagnalls in 1957, is the first dictionary in the English language to be published by a woman.
caption: Mary Brooks Picken c. 1918, photo published in her book Secrets of Distinctive Dress
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