# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-ellen-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:36:59.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-ellen-wilson"
name: "Mary Ellen Wilson"
slug: "mary-ellen-wilson"
description: "Mary Ellen Wilson, also called Mary Ellen McCormack, was an American victim of child abuse whose case led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. At the age of eight, she was severely abused by her foster parents, Francis and Mary Connolly. Because she was assisted by Henry Bergh, then the head of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, some sources incorrectly state that statutes against cruelty to animals had to be used to remove her from the home. Hers was the first case of child abuse in the United States to be thoroughly documented."
tagline: "American child abuse victim (1864–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/McCormack-MaryEllen_001a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1864"
deathDate: "1956-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.81
  momentum:             5.162065223145747
  historical:           7.188136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Уилсон, Мэри Эллен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Wilson"
    title: "Mary Ellen Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B7_%CE%88%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%BB%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Μαίρη Έλεν Γουίλσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Wilson"
    title: "Mary Ellen Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "מרי אלן וילסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Wilson"
    title: "Mary Ellen Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6"
    title: "メアリ・エレン・ウィルソン事件"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Wilson"
    title: "Mary Ellen Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6779470"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump