Mary Becker Greene Explained

Captain Mary Becker Greene (1867 - April 22, 1949), was steamboat captain of the Greene Line of river steamboats.[1] She was the only female steamboat captain in Ohio.

Biography

She was born in 1867. She married Gordon Christopher Greene in 1890 and they had as their children Thomas Rea Greene, Henry Wilkens Greene, and Christopher Becker Greene. Greene earned her captain's license in 1897.[2]

She died on Fri., April 22, 1949 aboard her boat, Delta Queen, after leaving New Orleans.[3] [4] Her spirit is said to still haunt the ship.

In 1988, Greene was inducted into the National Rivers Hall of Fame.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marker #10-84 Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene . 2011-02-25 . Remarkable Ohio . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040351/http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=629 . 2011-07-19 .
  2. News: Records show there were at least. 2 December 1970. Quad-City Times. 2018-05-07. en. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Capt. Mary B. Greene Dies; Ohio's Only Woman Steamer Pilot . https://archive.today/20130201191447/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/489027192.html?dids=489027192:489027192&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+23,+1949&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=CAPT.+MARY+B.+GREENE+DIES;+OHIO'S+ONLY+WOMAN+STEAMER+PILOT&pqatl=google . dead . February 1, 2013 . . April 23, 1949 . 2011-02-27 .
  4. News: Woman River Captain Dies In Cincinnati . . April 23, 1949 . 2011-02-27 .
  5. News: Hall of Fame Inducts Four for River Work. 1 May 1988. The Des Moines Register. 2018-05-07. en. Newspapers.com.

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