Woman of the Century — Mary Sophia Scott (1893)
“ John Scott, of Nevada, Iowa, when he was serving in the army, and when- she now lives. She soon after collected his motherless children and made a home for them. Her busy life in Iowa began in the fall of 1864. In 1875 she was invited by the executive council to collect and exhibit the work of Iowa women in the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. In 1884 she was invited to take entire charge of a similar exhibit in the New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exposition. That she accomplished under many disadvantages She is eminently domestic in her tastes and a model homekeeper. ”
