Mary T. (Mary Theresa) Waggaman

Born Mary Theresa McKee in 1846, she became Mary T. Waggaman after marrying George Augustus Waggaman. She was an American author whose work appeared during a period when Catholic publishers were building a strong reading culture for families, schools, and young people.

Waggaman is chiefly remembered for writing Catholic fiction, especially short stories and novels for children. Her work was popular for its warm, readable style and its focus on faith, family life, and character, making her a familiar name to many readers of religious literature in her time.

She lived from 1846 to 1931, spanning a period of major change in American religious and literary life. Today, she is remembered as one of the notable women writers who helped shape Catholic popular reading in the United States.