# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-e-britton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:13.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-e-britton"
name: "Mary E. Britton"
slug: "mary-e-britton"
description: "Mary Ellen Britton (1855–1925) was an American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist from Lexington, Kentucky. Britton was an original member of the Kentucky Negro Education Association, which formed in 1877. She was president of the Lexington Woman's Improvement Club and later served as a charter member of the Ladies Orphan Society which founded the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington, in 1892. During her lifetime she accomplished many things through the obstacles she faced. After teaching black children in Lexington public schools, she worked as a doctor from her home in Lexington. She specialized in hydrotherapy, electrotherapy and massage; and, she was officially granted her license to practice medicine in Lexington, Kentucky in 1902, making her the first woman doctor to be licensed in Lexington."
tagline: "African-American physician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary-eleanor-britton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
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birthDate: "1855-04-17"
deathDate: "1925-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.04
  momentum:             1.710526315789474
  historical:           9.006408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Mary E. Britton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump