Pearle, Mary
temperance advocate, lecturer, poet, was born Nov. 23, 1849, in Ireland. She received her education in Dublin; and held many important positions in different schools and missions in the land of her nativity. In 1881 she came to America, and seven years later was engaged in lecturing in Ohio on temperance and social purity. She is corresponding secretary and lecturer for the Woman's Christian Temperance union; and secretary of the Peace by Arbitration society. She is the author of a large number of poems, some of which have appeared in several standard collections.