Elaine and Mary
Elaine and Mary. ... The lives of Mary Church Terrell and Elaine Brown would not normally come together. ... This status and wealth had a profound effect on Mary Church Terrell and Elaine Brown’s later lives. Early childhood for Elaine Brown and Mary Church Terrell was similar in the fact they both were schooled among mostly white children. ... Being born into relative wealth, Mary Church Terrell was at an advantage, her mother was able to send her “up North” to live with a well to do black family. While Elaine’s mother technique was to write letters to all of Philadelphia’s prominent black leaders to help get Elaine accepted in an experimental school in town.