3 ▁on ▁the ▁condition ▁that ▁the ▁school ▁would ▁accept ▁female ▁students ▁" on ▁the ▁same ▁terms ▁as ▁men ." ▁She ▁founded ▁the ▁Bry n ▁M aw r ▁School , ▁a ▁private ▁college - pre par atory ▁school ▁for ▁girls ▁in ▁Baltimore ▁and ▁gener ously ▁don ated ▁to ▁Bry n ▁M aw r ▁College ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁with ▁the ▁requirement ▁that ▁her ▁int imate ▁friend , ▁Mar tha ▁Care y ▁Thomas , ▁be ▁the ▁president . ▁Like ▁many ▁other ▁suff rag ists ▁of ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁Gar rett ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁marry ; ▁instead , ▁she ▁kept ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁working ▁and ▁emot ional ▁relationship ▁with ▁Thomas . ▁In ▁her ▁later ▁years , ▁she ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁her ▁long time ▁friends , ▁Susan ▁B . ▁Anthony ▁and ▁Anna ▁Howard ▁Shaw , ▁to ▁try ▁and ▁secure ▁the ▁right ▁for ▁women ▁to ▁vote ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Child hood ▁ ▁Mary ▁Elizabeth ▁Gar rett ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Baltimore , ▁Maryland ▁on ▁March ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 8 5 4 . ▁Both ▁of ▁Mary ' s ▁parents , ▁John ▁W . ▁Gar ret ▁and ▁Rach el ▁Ann ▁Harrison , ▁came ▁from ▁prominent ▁and ▁wealth y ▁Baltimore ▁families . ▁Mary ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁daughter ▁and ▁young est ▁child ▁of ▁John ▁W . ▁Gar rett . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁fav ored ▁child ▁of ▁the ▁family , ▁and ▁her ▁father ▁often ▁said , ▁" I ▁wish ▁Mary ▁had ▁been ▁born ▁a ▁boy !" ▁pur port edly ▁because ▁he ▁felt ▁that ▁Mary '