Mary W. Montgomery (1874 - 1955)

Mary Williams (Montgomery) Borglum (21 November 1874 - 16 August 1955) was an American author, born in Turkey to American parents. She was a well educated woman, spoke and wrote multiple languages, and was the second woman to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. In 1909 she married Gutzon Borglum, the renowned creator-sculptor of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.