May Martin Van Wye (1878–1968) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. She was one of the first six women elected into the Ohio General Assembly in 1922. In 1962, she published her first novel, Eve's Tower, which is loosely based on her experiences as a female state senator.
Van Wye was born May Martin on December 31, 1878, in Brooklyn, New York to Lewis E. Martin and Ella M. Seaman.Burial information at the Spring Grove cemetery website She married Benjamin C. Van Wye (1867–1940), who became professor of speech at the University of Cincinnati.Dr. B. C. Van Wy Expires At Summer Hoime in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, 26 June 1940 She died August 26, 1968, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website May M. Van Wye Media collection on The Ohio Channel Full text of Van Wye's novel, "Eve's Tower"