Mary Catherine (née Wigginton) Harper (May 13, 1929 – May 9, 2012) was an American educator and politician. Harper was born in Louisville, Kentucky and lived in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. She graduated from Spalding University and did graduate studies at DePaul University and University of Louisville. She taught school in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Harper served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006. Harper died at Jewish Hospital South in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Notes 1929 births 2012 deaths Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky People from Shepherdsville, Kentucky DePaul University alumni University of Louisville alumni Spalding University alumni Educators from Kentucky Kentucky women in education Women state legislators in Kentucky Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 21st-century American women