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'''Marie Stokes Jemison''' (born [[December 3]], [[1918]]; died [[December 5]], [[2004]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a feminist, essayist and cultural activist. 

Marie married Dick Quisenberry and had two children, [[Dick Jemison|Dick]] and [[Dorothy Jemison Day|Dorothy]], who were later adopted by her second husband, [[John Jemison Jr]]. She had two more children with him, [[John Jemison III|John III]] and [[Margaret L. Jemison|Margaret Lloyd]]. The family [[John Jemison Jr residence (Redmont Park)|resided]] at 2401 [[Henrietta Road]] in [[Redmont Park]] until [[1969]], when they moved into a [[John Jemison Jr residence|modern-style house]] designed by [[Fritz Woehle]] on [[Dell Road]] in [[Mountain Brook]].

Jemison was active in liberal politics and in promoting arts and culture in Birmingham. She co-founded the [[Friends of Miles College]] in the 1960s and was instrumental in the development of the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]. She served on the [[Birmingham Public Library]] board of directors and helped establish the library's [[Birmingham Public Library Archives|Archives Department]]. In [[1975]] she wrote a satirical play entitled "[[Wallaces' Alabama]]" which was performed on Broadway before the attempted assassination of [[George Wallace]]. Her recollections have been published in ''[[An Alabama Scrapbook]]'' and ''[[I Wish I Was in Dixie]]''.

==References==
* Jemison, Marie & Ellen Sullivan (1988) ''An Alabama Scrapbook: 32 Alabamians Remember Growing Up.''
* Jemison, Marie & Jim Reed (1992) ''I Wish I Was in Dixie: Two Dozen True Tales About Growing Up in Dixie.''
* Cather, Patrick & Marjorie L. White (April 14, 2019) "Mid-Century Modern in Mountain Brook: The Jemison / Crittenden-Lathrop House." [[Birmingham Historical Society]]

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