Background
Mahony attended Simmons College (Massachusetts) in 1902. She participated in an advanced one-year program in the School of Secretarial Studies. During this time, she also joined the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union.
Upon completion of her courses, she got a job in the New Library, a lending library. Shortly after, Mahony was employed as Assistant Secretary in Boston's Women's Educational and Industrial Union. She started off as assistant secretary, then was put in charge of promotional materials. Later she became the Associate Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Unions' little theatre company, The Children’s Players, which involved her in a four-year series of children's plays. The theatre company was disbanded in 1917.
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