Mary Waldron was born in 1858. She served as an attorney in Bloomington beginning in the 1920's until 1940. As a highly regarded humanitarian in the community, she was a founder of the Bloomington Charity Organization in 1900 and the Executive Secretary and county founder of the Red Cross, Children’s Guardians, Crippled Children’s Society, Traveler’s Aid, Family Welfare, and the TB Society.