Mary White Simmons poses in period dress on the stairway at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in 1974. The wife of Houston Simmons, Mary White was a member of the Marlinton Woman’s Club which was active in the restoration and opening of The Stulting House in Hillsboro where award-winning author Pearl S. Buck was born in 1892. Photo courtesy of Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, ID. PSB000194
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