Mary Becker Greene
Captain Mary Becker Greene, was steamboat captain of the Greene Line of river steamboats. She was the only female steamboat captain in Ohio.Biography
She was born in 1867. She married Gordon Christopher Greene in 1890 and they had as their children Thomas Rea Greene and Christopher Becker Greene. Greene earned her captain's license in 1897.
She died on Fri., April 22, 1949 aboard her boat, Delta Queen, after leaving New Orleans. In 1988, Greene was inducted into the National Rivers Hall of Fame.
