Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning

Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning
Portrait from The Washington Sketchbook, 1895
U.S. Commissioner to the Exposition Universelle
In office 14 April 1900 – 12 November 1900
President	William McKinley
President-General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
In office 1898–1901
Preceded by	Letitia Green Stevenson
Succeeded by	Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
Personal details
Born	Mary Margaretta Fryer 1844 Albany, New York, U.S.
Died	July 1928 Albany, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Albany Rural Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Daniel Manning
Education	Albany Academy for Girls
Occupation	Social leader
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Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning (1844–1928) was an American social leader with wide experience in business, social, and philanthropic areas.^[1] President William McKinley appointed her commissioner to the Exposition Universelle (Paris, 1900), and to represent the U.S. and the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at the unveiling of the statue of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette in Paris, on July 4, 1900. On July 3, 1900, she assisted in unveiling the statue of George Washington, a gift of the women of the U.S. to France.^[2] Among her many roles, Manning served as President-General of the DAR for two terms.^[3] During the years that her husband, Daniel Manning held the portfolio of the United States Secretary of the Treasury their home in Washington, D.C. became a center of social and political affairs in Washington. After widowhood in 1887, she spent part of each year in Washington. Her patriotism was shown in her work for the DAR Mohawk Chapter of Albany, New York, of which she was regent.^[4]