{"id":1850,"date":"2018-04-29T00:10:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T00:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/mobilitymigration1855\/?page_id=1850"},"modified":"2025-04-13T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:32:24","slug":"mary-wears-dorsey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/associated-women\/mary-wears-dorsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Wears Dorsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; 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The Christian Recorder, 25 Feb. 1886. From Accessible Archives \u00a9 2016 Accessible Archives Inc<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A school teacher and sometime essayist, Mary Wears Dorsey, daughter of delegate Isaiah C. Wears, was born around 1845.[note]&#8221;United States Census, 1850,&#8221; and &#8220;United States Census, 1880,&#8221; <em>Ancestry Library Edition<\/em>, accessed 19 Mar 2013.[\/note] She spoke publicly at holiday events and, along with her family, associated with the &#8220;who\u2019s who&#8221; of Philadelphia.[note]Silcox, Harry C, \u201cThe Black \u201cBetter Class\u201d Political Dilemma: Philadelphia Prototype Isaiah C. Wears,\u201d <em>Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography<\/em> 113.1 (Jan. 1989): 45-66.[\/note] Through the Union A.M.E. she came to know other prominent African Americans, like Andrew Burris and Anthony L. Stanford.[note]\u201cPhiladelphians, Adieu,\u201d <em>The Christian Recorder,<\/em> 25 May 1867, accessed 19 Mar 2013.[\/note] She married William J. Dorsey in 1886.[note]\u201cBishop Wayman was in Philadelphia Last Week.\u201d <em>The Christian Recorder<\/em>. 25 feb. 1886[\/note] Beyond this, little information is known of her life.<\/p>\n<p>While it is not clear whether Mary Wears Dorsey attended conventions, it is likely that she did, given her position in the Philadelphia community as a member of the influential and publicly active Wears family. Mary did participate in local events such as the annual church Thanksgiving celebration.[note]\u201cThanksgiving,\u201d <em>The Christian Recorder,<\/em> 3 Dec. 1864, accessed 19 Mar 2013; \u201cThanksgiving Day,\u201d <em>The Christian Recorder,<\/em> 10 Dec. 1864, accessed 19 Mar 2013.[\/note] In 1864 she spoke publicly on the \u201cUses of Adversity,\u201d reminding her audience that \u201cthe Lord loveth those whom he chastises.&#8221;[note]<em>ibid.,<\/em> 10 Dec. 1864.[\/note] On another occasion, she delivered an original essay that was \u201cso full of feeling and pathos&#8230;that every eye was bedewed with a tear, in fact, some of the children cried aloud.&#8221;[note]\u201cPhiladelphians, Adieu,\u201d <em>The Christian Recorder,<\/em> 25 May 1867, accessed 19 Mar 2013.[\/note]What little is known of Mary Wears Dorsey must be deduced from the few extant records of her life. Importantly, though, incomplete data ought not preclude serious appreciation of her work. Archival silences work very much according to the patriarchal and racial structures of Mary\u2019s time. That is, the politics of naming and of marking race in nineteenth-century government documents renders definitive biographical data questionable for persons of color, as scholar Yen Le Espiritu has argued.[note]Espiritu, Yen Le,<em> Asian American Panethnicity: Bridging Institutions and Identities,<\/em> (Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1992): 113-114.[\/note] Even though it just might be possible to trace Mary in government records using her married name, we cannot trust markers of race and other personal identifiers (e.g. birthplace) to be accurately recorded by government workers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; inner_width=&#8221;auto&#8221; inner_max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1080px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Credits Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Credits<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Credits Content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Jessica D. 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