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Mowry Saben
American essayist and journalist
Israel Mowry Saben (March 24, 1870 – October 7, 1950) was an American essayist and journalist[1] who was an early advocate for gender and sexual diversity.[2]
Saben was born into a prominent family in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, the son of Israel Saben and Lydia Jane Albee. Richard Mowry, his father's maternal grandfather, was his great-grandfather. He had a younger sister, Jennie May. He studied at Harvard University, Oxford University, and Heidelberg University.[1]
Saben was on the editorial staff of The New York Times and The Oregonian. Starting in the mid-1930s, he also contributed to The Argonaut, an influential weekly publication in San Francisco.
Saben also served as Assistant Secretary of Labor in the 1920s, when James J. Davis was secretary.[1]
He died in San Francisco in 1950, three weeks after falling ill with a liver condition.[1]