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Cranston wrote of the Belgian La Maison du Peuple, and other European cooperative industries. Cranston lived in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]] until 1898 when she went to [[New York City]] for a library course. From a position in the library of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], she took the librarianship of the [[American Institute of Social Service]], New York. She contributed to many publications. In 1903, she went to Europe to study social conditions, especially cooperative distribution and production. In 1905, she organized the library of the [[British Institute for Social Service]] in [[London]], lecturing there and in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. She also gave a number of lectures in New York and the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref name=”TheChautauquan1906″>{{cite journal |title=Recent Makers of Cuahtauqua Literature |journal=The Chautauquan |date=July 1906 |volume=XLIII |issue=5 |page=435 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Chautauquan/tHEXAQAAIAAJ |access-date=12 December 2025 |language=en |format=Public domain}}</ref> |
Cranston wrote of the Belgian La Maison du Peuple, and other European cooperative industries. Cranston lived in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]] until 1898 when she went to [[New York City]] for a library course. From a position in the library of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], she took the librarianship of the [[American Institute of Social Service]], New York. She contributed to many publications. In 1903, she went to Europe to study social conditions, especially cooperative distribution and production. In 1905, she organized the library of the [[British Institute for Social Service]] in [[London]], lecturing there and in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. She also gave a number of lectures in New York and the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref name=”TheChautauquan1906″>{{cite journal |title=Recent Makers of Cuahtauqua Literature |journal=The Chautauquan |date=July 1906 |volume=XLIII |issue=5 |page=435 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Chautauquan/tHEXAQAAIAAJ |access-date=12 December 2025 |language=en |format=Public domain}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Mary Rankin Cranston (d. 1931) was an American librarian, historical non-fiction writer, and sociological engineer.[1]
Mary Rankin was born in Washington, Georgia. Her father was Jesse Rankin. Elias Dubose of South Carolina was a relative.[1]
Cranston wrote of the Belgian La Maison du Peuple, and other European cooperative industries. Cranston lived in Atlanta, Georgia until 1898 when she went to New York City for a library course. From a position in the library of the University of Pennsylvania, she took the librarianship of the American Institute of Social Service, New York. She contributed to many publications. In 1903, she went to Europe to study social conditions, especially cooperative distribution and production. In 1905, she organized the library of the British Institute for Social Service in London, lecturing there and in Stockholm, Sweden. She also gave a number of lectures in New York and the South.[2]
She lived in New York City before buying a farm in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1]
Her first husband, Henry Cranston, died in Charleston, South Carolina. She married secondly Matthew Benjamin Thomas, a farmer.[1]
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.[1]
Mary Rankin Cranston Thomas died in New Brunswick, New Jersey on April 15, 1931.[1]
